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Court Strikes Down Obamacare
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Monday struck down as unconstitutional the individual mandate in President Obama's health care takeover scheme, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The individual [...]
Recalling Senator Kent Conrad
Tea Party organizers in North Dakota go to court today in their attempted recall of four-term Sen. Kent Conrad. Oral arguments were heard this morning in the North Dakota Supreme Court in the case of [...]
Complaint Filed in North Dakota Supreme Court to Allow Recall of U.S. Senator Kent Conrad
On July 14, North Dakota joined New Jersey in an effort to recall a U.S. Senator.RecallND filed a complaint with the North Dakota Supreme Court claiming that the state's Secretary of State has unconstitutionally blocked [...]
ACRU Files Brief Urging N.J. Supreme Court to Allow Menendez Recall Petitions
On May 10, 2010, the American Civil Rights Union filed a brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court urging the justices to affirm a state appellate court ruling ordering the Secretary of State to recognize [...]
Stage Set for Recall Battle in North Dakota
ACRU Responds to North Dakota Secretary of State's Denial of Citizens' Effort to Recall Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND)Bismarck, ND—North Dakota is one of ten states with broad language in its constitution to recall elected officials [...]
Terrorists Using 1960s Legal Precedent
Terrorists Using 1960s Legal Precedent to Escape PunishmentNew Study Exposes the "Terrorist Get Out of Jail Free Card"In a report released today by the American Civil Rights Union, best-selling author and terrorism expert Richard Miniter [...]
Heller v. DC
Gun control laws in the District of Columbia effectively ban the use of handguns, or other guns, for self-defense within the home. Heller is a Federal security guard charged with helping to protect the Federal [...]
ACRU files Amicus Curiae in Heller v. DC
The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on October 5, urging the Court to take the appeal of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision last March holding that the Second Amendment does protect an individual right of citizens to keep and bear arms. The ACRU wants the Court to take the case to affirm and thereby greatly strengthen this landmark ruling.