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ACRU Files Amicus Brief on DC v. Heller

By ACRU Staff|2008-02-11T14:26:04-05:00February 11th, 2008|

Today, the ACRU filed an amicus brief on DC v. Heller, known as the DC Gun Ban Case.

Peter Ferrara, General Counsel for the ACRU, said this,

The Courts cannot treat the Second Amendment as a politically incorrect, disfavored stepchild of the Bill of Rights. Fidelity to the Constitution requires that courts give it the same zealous protection as every other right stated in our founding document. The Amendment is not being read broadly to protect the rights and liberties of the people if it is somehow interpreted to allow the government to adopt a complete ban on handguns and the use of other firearms […]

Peter Ferrara to talk about the DC Gun Ban case

By ACRU Staff|2008-01-24T19:21:53-05:00January 24th, 2008|

Peter Ferrara will be talking to Zeb Bell and the Zeb on the Ranch show Monday, January 28 at 12:06am. He will talking about the DC Gun Ban case. He can be heard on KBAR AM 1230 in Burley, ID.

Ken Blackwell: Late Betrayal on Gun Rights

By ACRU Staff|2020-04-23T21:53:49-04:00January 17th, 2008|

Et tu, Brute? In the waning days of the Bush Administration, Justice Department lawyers have filed a curious amicus brief in the DC gun ban case before the US Supreme Court. The attorneys took a middle-of-the-road approach to Second Amendment freedoms. They argued that gun ownership is not a "fundamental" right. Instead, they say, it is a right deserving only an "intermediate" level of protection.

Ken Blacwell to talk to Cam Edwards

By ACRU Staff|2008-01-17T14:05:43-05:00January 17th, 2008|

Ken Blackwell will be talking to Cam Edwards on Cam and Company show with NRANews. He will be discussing the DC Gun Ban case. Listen in online at NRANews.com or Sirius Radio Channel 144. He will be on from 11:40pm-12:00am EST.

Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell on the DC Gun Ban Case

By ACRU Staff|2008-01-17T11:06:11-05:00January 17th, 2008|

Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell wrote this column for Townhall.com where he makes the argument that the Justice Department betrayed us with the amicus brief it filed in the DC Gun Ban case, to be heard by the Supreme Court this term.

Says Blackwell of the US Government’s apparent desire to split up gun rights:

The problem with splitting a baby in half is that the baby usually dies. If our rights can be regulated to the point that we can’t exercise them in our own homes, then they’ve been regulated out of existence.

Information on this case, DC v. Heller, can be found […]

Peter on WRVC

By ACRU Staff|2007-12-12T06:00:00-05:00December 12th, 2007|

Peter Ferrara will be talking about the 2nd Amendment Case today on WRVC 930 in Huntington, WV with Jean Dean. He will be on for 20 minutes starting at 12:35pm.

Supreme Court Announcement

By ACRU Staff|2007-11-20T17:35:00-05:00November 20th, 2007|

On 20 November, the Supreme Court accepted for review the Heller case, on the right to own a gun, from the District of Columbia. The lower court, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, had ruled that individual citizens had a Second Amendment right to own guns for self-defense in the District, contrary to the law passed by the D.C. Council.

This is a critical case to bring the 2nd Amendment in from the cold. All other basic rights from the Bill of Rights have long since been declared “fundamental” and applied to the states as well as to the federal government. […]

ACRU Parker Cross-Petition Argument

By ACRU Staff|2023-05-20T09:40:49-04:00October 15th, 2007|

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court on Friday, October 12 in the case of Parker v. District of Columbia urging the Court to grant the requested writ of certiorari on behalf of 5 of the original 6 plaintiffs seeking to strike down the District’s gun control laws as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals had found that these 5 plaintiffs did not have standing in the case and dismissed them from the suit.

However, in regard to the remaining plaintiff, Dick Anthony Heller, the D.C. Circuit […]

Just Stand There While I Die

By ACRU Staff|2023-05-20T09:40:52-04:00October 10th, 2007|

Read David Freddoso’s (NRO staff reporter) article here.

ACRU files Amicus Curiae in Heller v. DC

By ACRU Staff|2023-05-20T09:40:53-04:00October 9th, 2007|

The American Civil Rights Union filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on October 5, urging the Court to take the appeal of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision last March holding that the Second Amendment does protect an individual right of citizens to keep and bear arms. The ACRU wants the Court to take the case to affirm and thereby greatly strengthen this landmark ruling.

ACRU General Counsel Peter Ferrara told the Court, “The courts cannot treat the Second Amendment as a politically incorrect, disfavored stepchild of the Bill of Rights. Fidelity to the Constitution requires the courts to give […]