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Guarding Jimmy Carter's Tongue!

By |2010-12-02T12:51:23-05:00December 2nd, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing December 2, 2010, on Townhall.com.

Fans of Hollywood’s imaginative take on American politics may remember the movie, Guarding Tess. That 1994 comic hit featured Shirley MacLaine as a former First Lady who was being guarded by a Secret Service detachment headed by Nicolas Cage. Tess was something of a composite figure, part feisty Bess Truman, part liberal activist Eleanor Roosevelt, and part small town belle Rosalynn Carter. Of course, Hollywood being Hollywood, no part of Tess could be mistaken for a Barbara Bush or a Nancy Reagan. Even the fictional former First Ladies […]

Minimum Wage, Maximum Folly

By |2010-12-01T13:17:11-05:00December 1st, 2010|

ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Walter E. Williams wrote this column appearing December 1, 2010 on Townhall.com.

How about this: The law of gravity is applicable to the behavior of falling objects on the U.S. mainland but not applicable on our Pacific Ocean territories Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands. You say, “Williams, that’s lunacy! Laws are applicable everywhere; that’s why they call it a law.”

You’re right, but does the same reasoning apply to the law of demand that holds: The higher the price of something, the less people will take of it; and the lower its price, […]

The American Civil Rights Union Files Amicus Brief to Strike Down Obamacare

By |2010-11-21T15:40:38-05:00November 21st, 2010|

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief on November 19 in the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Florida in the case of State of Florida, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services supporting 20 states who have joined in that lawsuit seeking to strike down Obamacare as unconstitutional. The brief argued that the delegated, enumerated power in the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce does not include compelling participation in interstate commerce by requiring purchase of government designated products and services by those who otherwise choose not to do so. The brief also uniquely argued that there were […]

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules State Constitution's Recall Law Unconstitutional

By |2010-11-19T16:27:10-05:00November 19th, 2010|

ACRU will file amicus brief when case involving effort to recall Sen. Robert Menendez is appealed to U.S. Supreme Court.

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 4-2 on Thursday that a provision in the state Constitution providing for recall of all elected officials, including Congressmen and U.S. Senators, was unconstitutional, overruling a unanimous lower court decision..

“This decision sets up a perfect test case over whether we the people in America will enjoy the freedom to maintain the continuous democratic accountability provided by recall, which is now essential to maintaining a functioning democracy in our country,” said American Civil Rights Union General Counsel Peter Ferrara, […]

Madame Ovary of the Minority

By |2010-11-17T15:37:32-05:00November 17th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Jan LaRue wrote this column appearing November 17, 2010 on The American Thinker website.

Republicans are giddy about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi becoming Minority Leader of House Democrats. It was her legislative agenda that got the Dems hammered in the election.

Republicans should seize the opportunity to drive a wedge between Pelosi and nervous Democrats who fear another drubbing in 2012: They should force a vote on spending cuts for abortion.

Apparently the historic election thrashing has reduced testosterone levels of House Democrats, except for 32 women backing Pelosi who share her abortion zealotry. Most of […]

Getting Our Fiscal House in Order

By |2010-11-15T16:27:53-05:00November 15th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing November 14, 2010, on The Huffington Post website.

On November 2, the American people sent a resounding message to Washington D.C. that the era of reckless spending must stop.

We all know a Balanced Budget Amendment is vital to stopping out of control spending. That’s why Senator-elect Mike Lee (R – Utah) and I launched “Balanced Budget Amendment Now”.

Actually passing conservative measures such as this, though, will require making sure conservatives are in a position to lead.

The good news is there are signs that Speaker-elect John Boehner and […]

Barack Obama: The Most Anti-Israel President

By |2010-11-13T00:37:24-05:00November 13th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing November 12, 2010, on Townhall.com.

With his remarks in Jakarta, Indonesia, President Obama made history once again. Sadly, it’s a most unenviable title. I believe he is the most anti-Israel President in U.S. history.

In going to Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch his latest attack, he literally went to the ends of the earth to give voice to his displeasure. He emphasized his opposition to the policies of the elected government of Israel.

He used his Jakarta platform to complain about Israel building apartments for her growing population. Where? In Jerusalem, the […]

Supreme Court Weighs Arizona Tax Credit for Christian Schools

By |2020-04-23T21:52:55-04:00November 10th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski wrote this column appearing November 10, 2010 on Townhall.com

While America was talking about the election returns, the Supreme Court was talking about tax credits to fund Christian schools in Arizona. It looks like this might be yet another 5-4 decision on religious liberty, and it’s not clear which way the Court will go.

On Wednesday, November 3–the day after the conservative tsunami resulting in Republican victories across America–the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. Arizona allows a $500 dollar-for-dollar tax credit if taxpayers choose to give some money to student […]

Ken Blackwell: Congress Goes For Rationing

By |2010-09-09T15:41:00-04:00September 9th, 2010|

ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column appearing September 9, 2010, on The Daily Caller website.

“Democrats choose Death Panels…” announces Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart with mock horror, “…for themselves!” It’s a very funny bit. The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty plays it straight as she reports: “Ultimately, some candidates, including incumbents, will have to be left for dead so that the parties can spend where it might still make a difference.”

Then, there’s Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner. Mr. Barone has probably forgotten more about American politics than most political commentators will ever know. The editor for 40 years […]

Peter Ferrara and Larry Hunter: How ObamaCare Guts Medicare

By |2010-09-09T11:15:47-04:00September 9th, 2010|

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara and Dr. Larry Hunter wrote this column appearing September 9, 2010 on The Wall Street Journal website.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has attacked Senate Republican candidates for wanting “to end Medicare as we know it.” And in Nevada’s hotly contested Senate race, Majority Leader Harry Reid is attacking Republican Sharron Angle, saying she wants to “gut” Medicare. But Mr. Reid has already gutted it. He and his colleagues did so by passing ObamaCare.

In his analysis accompanying the recently released Annual Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees, Richard Foster, Medicare’s chief actuary, noted […]

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