Klukowski: SCOTUS Blocks Citizenship Question from Census
6/27: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Supreme Court's narrow decision to block the citizenship question of the 2020 census.
Klukowski: SCOTUS Will Rule on Census Citizenship Question
2/15: ACRU General Counsel Ken Klukowski reports on the Supreme Court's decision to rule on whether the 2020 Census can ask participants about their citizenship status.
Carleson Joins CAP in Encouraging the President to Stand Up for Citizenship Question on the Census
2/5: ACRU Chairman and CEO Susan Carleson signed the Conservative Action Project's memo encouraging the President to defend the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Supreme Court Hears Arizona Voter ID Case
With the fate of a crucial provision of the Voting Rights Act hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court hears another case challenging the right of a state to put in place new voting requirements Monday. At stake in the case--Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.-- is whether or not an Arizona law requiring Arizonans to show proof of citizenship at the voting booth will be upheld.
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Arizona voters passed a law in 2004 "to combat voter fraud by requiring voters to present proof of citizenship when they register to vote and to present identification when they vote on election day." The ACRU filed a friend of the court brief in 2013 defending the law as a necessary measure to fight vote fraud.READ THE AMICUS BRIEF HERE. (PDF 113KB)