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Press Releases
ACRU Brief: EPA Jumped the Gun in CO2 Crackdown
WASHINGTON D.C. (April 29, 2013) -- A lower court ignored the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) breach of federal law requiring peer review when the agency issued a finding that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a pollutant [...]
ACRU Issues Press Release about Brief Filed in Gun Rights Case
WASHINGTON (Feb. 11, 2013) -- In a brief filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court, the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) urges the court to hear a case involving New York citizens who say their [...]
ACRU Brief Supports Arizona's Citizenship Law for Voting in Federal Elections
(Alexandria, VA) - The American Civil Rights Union filed a brief today with the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. The Intertribal Council of Arizona in support of Arizona's Proposition 200, which requires prospective [...]
ACRU Files Supreme Court Brief in Major Property Rights Case
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 30, 2012) -- In a case with profound implications for property owners, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Nov. 28 arguing that bureaucrats [...]
ACRU Asks Holder to Investigate Connecticut Mayor's Comments
On October 12th, Bridgeport, Conn. Mayor Bill Finch was caught on tape arguably boasting that he would guarantee U.S. Senate candidate Christopher Murphy however many Bridgeport votes it took for Murphy to win the election [...]
Specter of Fraud Haunts November Election
National Photo Voter ID Law Needed, ACRU Says"Requiring all voters in a national election to show identification at the polls is a common-sense measure to prevent fraud and corruption." -- former U.S. Attorney General Edwin [...]
ACRU's Meese, Blackwell, Carleson Urge Governors to Rethink Voter ID Law Vetoes
Letter Calls "Suppress the Minority Vote" Allegations "Utter Nonsense"JULY 25, 2012 -- The American Civil Rights Union today is sending letters to four of five governors who vetoed legislation requiring photo voter IDs in order [...]
Supreme Court Upholds Socialized Medicine
June 28, 2012 -- "The Supreme Court today affirmed the fundamental dishonesty of our politics," said Peter Ferrara, general counsel for the American Civil Rights Union, which filed seven amicus briefs challenging the Affordable Care [...]
Court Upholds Key Provision in Arizona Case, ACRU Says
Ruling in Arizona v. United States lets officers check immigration status during lawful stops, while striking down other elements of SB 1070.WASHINGTON -- "We're disappointed in much of today's ruling, but the Supreme Court unanimously [...]
California Court Rules Against Cross Memorial
Ninth's Decision on Mt. Soledad Veterans Cross "Defies Common Sense," ACRU SaysA three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the 57-year-old concrete cross atop the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in [...]