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Major Court Defeat for Obama: "Recess" Appointments Unconstitutional

By |2013-01-25T13:50:25-05:00January 25th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on January 25, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

President Barack Obama just suffered a humiliating defeat in federal court. A top federal appeals court has removed three presidential appointees from power, and invalidated all actions they’ve taken over the past twelve months.

One year ago, Obama filled three seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)–an essential power center for Obama’s labor-union allies–with recess appointments, claiming that the U.S. Senate was in recess even though the Senate was still in session.

No president in history had ever done such a thing, […]

40 Years of Roe v. Wade: What Happened? And What Comes Next?

By |2013-01-22T16:54:47-05:00January 22nd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on January 22, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution provides a right to have an abortion in one of its most controversial decisions in history. More than 50 million unborn children have been aborted since Roe was decided on Jan. 22, 1973.

Polls provide conflicting data as to where Americans stand on this issue, largely because many Americans don’t understand Roe or what overruling it would mean. Many young people are not even familiar with […]

Obama Opens a New Term with a Loud 'Bang'

By |2020-04-23T21:53:59-04:00January 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published January 21, 2013 on The Washington Times website.

Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. He’s made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term. The word “overreach” is going to be one of the most overused words in the English language.

Since he just fired a load of executive orders on gun control like shotgun pellets at a duck hunt, it’s time to ask a few […]

Bobby Jindal Seeks Rich State Status With Income Tax Phaseout

By |2013-01-21T11:16:38-05:00January 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published January 17, 2013 on Forbes.com.

Nine states survive perfectly well with no state income tax at all. These include large states such as Texas and Florida, medium size states such as Tennessee and Washington, and smaller states, in terms of population, such as New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Alaska. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is now proposing to make his state the 10th in America with no state income tax, phasing out both personal and corporate state income taxes.

Clergy Declares Holy War on NRA

By |2020-04-23T21:53:59-04:00January 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published January 21, 2013 on Townhall.com.

The battle to demonize the National Rifle Association became a religious crusade when the Rev. Jim Wallis, CEO of Sojourners and “progressive” spiritual advisor to President Obama, convened some clergy for a witch trial.

As a foreword, if you join the NRA, as about 250,000 folks have done in the past few weeks, you’ll be affirming your support for the Second Amendment, not the Nicene Creed.

Wallis rounded up a posse of […]

SCOTUS Takes Major Constitutional Case on Treaty Powers

By |2013-01-21T09:58:09-05:00January 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on January 18, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments in Bond v. United States, a case raising serious issues of federal power under the U.S. Constitution.

This case is about a woman who discovered her husband was having an affair, then attempted to poison the mistress at her home. The mistress survived, but while local prosecutors could charge the woman with attempted murder, battery, trespass, and other state crimes, the U.S. Attorney for that district stepped in and charged this woman with using chemical […]

Overcoming Obama's Obduracy

By |2013-01-17T22:37:08-05:00January 17th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published January 16, 2013 on The American Spectator website.

President Obama said at his increasingly notorious press conference on Monday, “America cannot afford another debate with this Congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they have already racked up.” He added, “[T]he issue here is whether or not America pays its bills. We are not a deadbeat nation.”

No that is not the issue. The issue is whether having already racked up a world record smashing $16 trillion in national debt, President […]

Obama's Gun Control Campaign Doomed to Fail

By |2020-04-23T21:58:16-04:00January 17th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on January 17, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday revealed his national gun control proposal, one loaded with divisive rhetoric and exploiting children onstage to push his agenda, which ignores the most effective ways to stop gun violence.

Obama had a full-dress press event, joined by children on stage as a backdrop to give the impression that what he proposes is the best way to protect children and to reinforce his rhetoric that those opposing new gun controls are not putting children first. He vilified the “gun lobby” and claimed that a […]

Dishonest Educators

By |2013-01-14T14:13:53-05:00January 14th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published January 9, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Nearly two years ago, U.S. News & World Report came out with a story titled “Educators Implicated in Atlanta Cheating Scandal.” It reported that “for 10 years, hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals changed answers on state tests in one of the largest cheating scandals in U.S. history.” More than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated had cheated on the National Assessment of Educational Progress test, sometimes called the national report card. Cheating orders came from school […]

To Win the Debt-Ceiling Debate, We Must Discredit Obama's Debt Dishonesty

By |2013-01-14T13:54:07-05:00January 14th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published January 11, 2013 on Forbes.com.

President Obama tells the nation that Congress must increase the debt limit because they “should pay the bills that they have already racked up.” Let me translate that into household economics.

You find yourself reaching the debt limit on your credit card. But you have become addicted to spending each month two thirds more than you earn. So you got to keep charging on that card.

So you write to the credit card company […]

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