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One of the Worst Supreme Court Decisions in American History

By |2012-06-29T12:00:48-04:00June 29th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 28, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Chief Justice John Roberts provided the critical fifth vote to uphold Obamacare in its entirety, in a case that will go down as one of the worst and most consequential cases in American history. Now the Taxing Clause of the Constitution trumps the Commerce Clause as the greatest grant of authority to the national government, one that is without any limits that a court can enforce.

We will have more columns on this decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, but this first legal analysis column goes […]

Supreme Court Upholds Socialized Medicine

By |2012-06-28T17:44:37-04:00June 28th, 2012|

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 Act.

“Before Obamacare passed, the President of the United States told the whole country on TV that the individual mandate is not a tax. After Obamacare passed, Barack Obama sent his lawyers into courts all over America to argue that it is constitutional because it is a tax.

“The Supreme Court of the United States just endorsed this fundamental dishonesty of our politics. The President intimidated Chief Justice John Roberts […]

The Supreme Court and Obamacare: Eight Possible Outcomes

By |2012-06-15T08:15:17-04:00June 15th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 13, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Everyone is now waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down its decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, the name of the case frequently referred to simply as “Obamacare.”

Lawyers argued four issues before the justices who will decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and there are eight possible outcomes. Some are more likely than others, and some are more consequential than others.

In fact, one would change this country forever.

But aside from that one apocalyptic scenario, there are several outcomes […]

Taking a Chisel to the Ten Commandments

By |2020-04-23T21:52:49-04:00May 10th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 9, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

God Almighty needs an editor, according to a federal judge in Virginia. At least, He does when the Ten Commandments are on government property.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had sued the Giles County school district for posting the Ten Commandments in its public schools, and U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski sent the case to mediation on Monday, suggesting a compromise: deleting the four commandments that mention God.

An Obama appointee, Judge Urbanski also issued a preliminary injunction on behalf […]

Mitt Romney, Conservative Cultural Icon

By |2020-04-23T21:57:09-04:00May 9th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 9, 2012 on The American Spectator website.

Obamunistas are saying that Obama is cool, and Romney is not. But cool to whom? Cool is in the eye of the beholder.

I have to admit that if you are an aging hippie who never grew up, still think that the counterculture of the 1960s was the highwater mark of American civilization, reject America’s capitalist economic system as inherently unfair and uncool in the grubby pursuit of profit, see America’s historic world-leading prosperity as crass […]

Leftist Race-Baiters

By |2020-04-23T21:58:17-04:00May 9th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published May 9, 2012 on Townhall.com.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, in a recent debate with former Republican National Chairman Michael Steele, called the Republican Party the “grand wizard crowd.” Grand wizard is the title given to the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. It is truly misinformed to call Republicans the party of the Klan. Throughout our history, most Klansmen and most racists have been Democrats. Here are a few racist quotes from major Democratic figures.

The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., a former Klansman, wrote […]

Romney's Practical Vision vs. Obama's Left-Wing Extremism

By |2012-05-07T16:39:32-04:00May 7th, 2012|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published May 3, 2012 on Forbes.com.

In his weekly radio address on April 14, President Obama displayed his lifelong commitment to an ideological extremism of pure theory unhinged from reality. That failure of leadership is why America is in a scary downward slide that will not stop until fundamental change is made at the top.

The weekly radio address was on Obama’s so-called Buffett Rule, which would double the top tax rates on investment income such as capital gains and […]

Saving the Planet, One Crucifixion at a Time

By |2012-05-07T09:55:13-04:00May 7th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published May 4, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

What do Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico have in common? They make up the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6. They also constitute the core of America’s energy production, especially oil.

Thus, they needed to be taught a lesson. Who better for that than Alfredo J. Armendariz, the former EPA Region 6 administrator, who served as an expert witness for environmental groups before joining the EPA in November 2009?

Mr. Armendariz is no longer with the EPA. He resigned on […]

NRA CEO LaPierre Rallies Conservatives at Massive Gun Rights Convention

By |2020-04-23T21:54:01-04:00May 3rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published May 2, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

“Our Founding Fathers enshrined the Second Amendment for one purpose: survival. Survival of each citizen. Survival of a nation.” With those words as his theme, the longest-serving head of the National Rifle Association (NRA)–CEO Wayne LaPierre–trumpeted unity for all conservatives going into the 2012 presidential election.

The NRA held its 141st Annual Meeting in April in St. Louis. Over 70,000 members of the oldest and largest civil-rights organization in America gathered from across the nation. They heard speeches from presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, […]

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