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A Budget Cutting Deal That Boosts Federal Spending

By |2011-08-05T14:23:22-04:00August 5th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 4, 2011 on Forbes.com.

How is it possible that we can “cut” federal spending by $2 trillion over the next 10 years, and yet federal spending will still increase over that time by $7.5 trillion? Of course, the latter scenario would be the result of the debt-limit increase deal reached in Washington this week.

Both parties tell us that the debt-limit deal includes $2 trillion in spending cuts, and the national media dutifully reports that those cuts are […]

Cruel Laws

By |2020-04-23T21:57:11-04:00August 3rd, 2011|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published August 3, 2011 on Townhall.com.

What does it take to be able to own and operate a taxi and earn $30,000, $40,000 or more a year? You need to purchase a used car and liability insurance. Compared with other businesses, the startup cost to become a taxi owner/operator is modest; that’s until you have to come up with money for a license. In May 2010, the price of a license, called a medallion, to own one taxi in New York City sold for $603,000. As […]

The Disgrace of Obamanomics

By |2011-08-03T10:01:20-04:00August 3rd, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for The Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published August 3, 2011 on The American Spectator website.

Last Friday’s report on economic growth for the second quarter of 2011 completes the burial of Obamanomics. The economy grew a paltry 1.3% for the quarter, with reported growth for the first quarter reduced from a meager 1.8% to a negligible 0.4%. The economy for the entire year so far has actually grown less than the weak growth we thought we had for the first quarter alone.

The growth for the fourth quarter of 2010 was […]

Supreme Court Should Not Take This Obamacare Case

By |2011-08-01T21:21:47-04:00August 1st, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 30, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.

News outlets are announcing that Obamacare has reached the Supreme Court. But while the high court must soon consider whether President Obama’s signature legislation is constitutional, this case is not the one conservatives should want.

The worst provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare — is Section 1501, the individual mandate requiring virtually all Americans to buy and maintain federally approved insurance starting in 2014.

The Thomas More Law Center filed one of the Obamacare cases, raising the sole issue […]

Atheists Cross Over 'Cross'

By |2020-04-23T21:52:52-04:00July 31st, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue was published July 31, 2011 on the American Thinker blog.

Those God-obsessed “American Atheists” filed suit in New York state court on July 25 to remove the World Trade Center “Cross” from the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. They’re seeking relief from Cross-related dyspepsia.

Most people try Tums or Rolaids instead of litigation.

This is the same group demanding that Brooklyn rename a street named in honor of seven Brooklyn firefighters killed on 9/11. They claim that changing Richard Street to “Seven in Heaven Way” violates the “separation of church […]

'Clean' Balanced Budget Amendment Could Be Trap for Conservatives

By |2020-04-23T21:53:45-04:00July 31st, 2011|

This article by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski and ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published July 31, 2011 on BigGovernment.com.

Liberals are trying to kill the prospect of a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) in the ongoing battle over the debt ceiling. Some on the Right respond that they might settle for a “clean” BBA. But there are two types of a clean BBA, one of which would be even worse than the terrible mess we have today.

Some advocate that the BBA should require only that federal outlays cannot exceed federal tax revenues. They see it as two numbers, […]

Federal Appeals Court: Saying "Jesus" During Public Prayer Is Unconstitutional

By |2011-07-31T08:14:31-04:00July 31st, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 30, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.

As in most counties in America, the Board of Commissioners of Forsyth County, North Carolina, begins its public meetings with an invocation. These prayers are given by local religious leaders on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Given that 95 percent of local religious houses identify as Christian, it’s not surprising that many of the invocations include specifically Christian language, often closing the prayer in the name of “Jesus Christ” or “Jesus.”

Two non-Christians from the community with a population of approximately 350,000 sued, arguing that an […]

Court Dismisses Militant Atheists' Federal Suit Against Texas Gov. Rick Perry

By |2020-04-23T21:52:52-04:00July 29th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published July 28, 2011 on The Washington Examiner website.

U.S. District Judge Gray Miller in Texas today dismissed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Rick Perry for organizing a day of prayer at Reliant Stadium on Aug. 6, holding that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring a suit.

Perry’s event, entitled “The Response,” was a public call for people to participate in prayer to ask for God’s help in confronting the nation’s current difficulties. It was supported by the American Family Association (AFA).

A militant atheist group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), filed a […]

President Obama Is No Longer Tethered To Reality

By |2011-07-28T14:50:20-04:00July 28th, 2011|

This column by ACRU General Counsel and Senior Fellow for the Carleson Center for Public Policy (CCPP) Peter Ferrara was published July 28, 2011 on Forbes.com.

President Barack Obama’s speech to the nation Monday night was highly disturbing. Because read carefully, it reveals a president wildly divorced from the fundamental realities of the nation he is supposed to be leading.

President Obama actually told America on national television that it is a nation “with a system in which the deck seems stacked against middle class Americans in favor of the wealthiest few.” It is incomprehensible how a man serving […]

Job Destruction Makes Us Richer

By |2011-07-27T14:37:59-04:00July 27th, 2011|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published July 27, 2011 on Townhall.com.

Here’s what President Barack Obama said about our high rate of unemployment in an interview with NBC’s Ann Curry: “The other thing that happened, though — and this goes to the point you were just making — is there are some structural issues with our economy, where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers,” adding that “you see it when you go to a bank and you use an ATM; you don’t go to a […]

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