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ACRU Issues Press Release about Brief Filed in Gun Rights Case

By |2023-03-10T08:04:42-05:00February 12th, 2013|

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 Second Amendment right to bear arms has been abridged by a state law and a court ruling limiting gun rights to inside the home.

Written by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, the brief notes that the Second Circuit Court, in upholding a district court ruling, “failed to follow the plain language of District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).” The court “limited the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms […]

ACRU Brief Says Right to Firearms Not Limited to Home

By |2023-03-10T08:04:42-05:00February 11th, 2013|

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 Second Amendment right to bear arms has been abridged by a state law and a court ruling limiting gun rights to inside the home.

Written by ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara, the brief notes that the Second Circuit Court, in upholding a district court ruling, “failed to follow the plain language of District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).” The court “limited the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms to […]

No Compromise in New Contraception Mandate

By |2020-04-23T21:52:45-04:00February 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell and ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on February 5, 2013 on USA Today.

If you missed the Obama administration’s “clarified” version of the notorious “contraception mandate” last Friday, you can be forgiven. In fact, even if you delved into the text of the new proposal, you probably emerged more muddled than before. The “clarification” is simple recrafting of language; the law’s religious liberty problems have not been fixed. The government’s message is the same as before: provide the medical services we demand, even if it means violating your faith and beliefs, […]

The Worst Five Years Since the Great Depression

By |2013-02-11T13:48:45-05:00February 11th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 7, 2013 on Forbes.com.

In February, 2009, I wrote for the Wall Street Journal an article entitled “Reaganomics versus Obamanomics.” The article explained that the emerging Obamanomics was pursuing exactly the opposite of every policy of the enormously successful Reaganomics, and predicted that it would produce exactly the opposite results.

Well, the results are in, and under President Obama the American people have now suffered the worst 5 years since the Great Depression, as first explained by Steve […]

Lawyer Who Argued for Drone Strikes Angling for SCOTUS Nomination?

By |2013-02-06T22:08:35-05:00February 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published February 6, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

“What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” — Mark 8:36

The U.S. government is claiming the power to kill American citizens without judicial review. This is a story about hypocrisy. And it’s the tale of two lawyers: President Barack Obama and State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh.

While the Constitution only allows targeting of citizens under the most restrictive circumstances during war, the leading lawyer who made the argument that President Obama has this lethal power–Koh–was […]

Women in Combat

By |2013-02-06T14:21:45-05:00February 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published February 6, 2013 on Townhall.com.

A senior Defense Department official said the ban on women in combat should be lifted because the military’s goal is “to provide a level, gender-neutral playing field.” I’d like to think the goal of the military should be to have the toughest, meanest fighting force possible. But let’s look at “gender-neutral playing field.”

The Army’s physical fitness test in basic training is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance. The minimum requirement for 17- to 21-year-old males […]

The Root Cause of Gun Violence

By |2020-04-23T21:53:58-04:00February 6th, 2013|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published February 6, 2013 on The American Spectator website.

Aside from a few brave truth-tellers, all of the discussion in Washington boils down to one theme–Why More Power and Money Should Be Transferred from You to Me.

Of course, the sophists never say that directly. They always say it is for the children, or the poor, or the middle class, or the elderly, or the sick. But watch what they do, not what they say. In the end, every Washington Establishment initiative, proposal, or […]

ACLU, Unions Sue Michigan Over Right to Work Law

By |2013-02-04T15:27:56-05:00February 4th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published February 3, 2013 on the American Thinker website.

Do you recall what happened at the Wisconsin state Capitol building in March 2011, when the state Senate was considering legislation to curb public employee unions?

For days, union members trashed the place. They blew horns. They swore at legislators unfortunate enough to cross their path. Litter was everywhere.

Meanwhile, all Senate Democrats high-tailed it to Illinois, trying to prevent a vote. Not the prettiest exercise in representative democracy.

In Michigan last December 6, someone at the Republican-controlled legislature decided not […]

Official Lies

By |2013-02-02T08:00:29-05:00February 2nd, 2013|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published January 30, 2013 on Townhall.com.

Let’s expose presidential prevarication. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks will be delayed if Congress fails to increase the government’s borrowing authority by raising the debt ceiling. However, there’s an issue with this warning. According to the 2012 Social Security trustees report, assets in Social Security’s trust funds totaled $2.7 trillion, and Social Security expenditures totaled $773 billion. Therefore, regardless of what Congress does about the debt limit, Social Security recipients are guaranteed their checks. […]

Former Mayor Blackwell: Four Year Fight for Second Amendment

By |2020-04-23T21:53:43-04:00January 31st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on January 29, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

President Barack Obama met with big-city police chiefs today calling for gun control. In response, former Cincinnati Mayor Ken Blackwell explained to Breitbart News why violating the Second Amendment doesn’t make anyone safer, and how Second Amendment supporters can protect their rights against the White House’s onslaught.

Blackwell served as mayor of the Queen City, then later served under conservative icon Jack Kemp as an Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and then U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human […]

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