Ken Blackwell: Deregulation Works

By |2008-09-17T17:11:23-04:00September 17th, 2008|

At this week's G8 Summit, the cost of gasoline is one of the main topics of discussion. With the price of crude oil hovering around $136 a barrel, the industrialized world is looking for answers. But none seem to exist right now.

Voters Without Borders

By |2008-09-17T16:07:16-04:00September 17th, 2008|

On January 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments for one of the biggest election law cases in years. This case might decide who becomes president of America, and shape the future of the country.

Congressional Research Service Report for Congress: Presidential Claims of Executive Authority: History, Law, Practice and Recent Developments

By |2008-08-21T15:54:06-04:00August 21st, 2008|

"Presidential claims of a right to preserve the confidentiality of information and documents in the face of legislative demands have figured prominently, though intermittently, in executive-congressional relations since at least 1792. Few such interbranch disputes over access to information have reached the courts for substantive resolution, the vast majority achieving resolution through political negotiation and accommodation. In fact, it was not until the Watergate-related lawsuits in the 1970's seeking access to President Nixon's tapes that the existence of a presidential confidentiality Authority was judicially established as a necessary derivative of the President's status in our constitutional scheme of separated powers.

ACRU Mentioned in Several Articles

By |2008-08-21T10:19:51-04:00August 21st, 2008|

On August 18th, the California Supreme Court ruled on Benitez v. North Coast. This case tests the Freedom of Religion Clause of the California Constitution on the issue of whether a physician has a constitutional right to refuse on religious grounds to perform a medical procedure for a patient because of the patient’s sexual orientation.

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus brief supporting North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group.

Unfortunately, the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Benitez, with Justice Joyce Kennard writing,

“A religious objector has no federal constitutional right to an exemption from a neutral and valid law of […]

Peter Ferrara On Roger Hedgecock

By |2008-08-18T19:09:58-04:00August 18th, 2008|

Peter Ferrara will be on the Roger Hedgecock show Monday, August 18 at 8:05pm ET. He will be talking about the recent California insemination case. You can listen live in San Diego on 600AM KOGO or by going here.

John Armor: American history shows reform is possible

By |2008-08-08T17:40:56-04:00August 8th, 2008|

Most Americans don't know there was another U.S. government, before the Constitution was drafted. Simplified books and courses leave out the Articles of Confederation, the government of the U.S. for its first 11 years. There were several fatal defects in the Articles; one was its presidency.

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