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Conservative Battle Plan after SCOTUS' AZ Election Law Ruling

By |2020-04-23T21:59:33-04:00June 21st, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 20, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

Conservatives are launching a multi-track strategy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s major election law case this week.

As Breitbart News reported Monday, the Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that states cannot add a requirement that voters prove they are U.S. citizens on a “Federal Form” created by federal law, unless the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) approves such state-specific requirements. The decision was written by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, with fellow conservative Justices Clarence Thomas […]

States Can't Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections

By |2013-06-18T06:00:47-04:00June 18th, 2013|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published June 17, 2013 on Breitbart.com.

The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote.

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA, or “Motor Voter”) creates a standardized national system for registering to vote in federal elections. It allows for registration three ways: (1) in person, (2) when you get your driver’s license, or (3) by mail.

The Election Assistance […]

ACRU Files Brief Protecting Integrity of Elections

By |2020-04-23T21:59:27-04:00December 17th, 2012|

Dec. 17, 2012 — The American Civil Rights Union filed a brief on Dec. 14 at the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. The Intertribal Council of Arizona in support of Arizona’s Proposition 200, which requires prospective voters to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship to register to vote.

Download the brief here. (PDF)

ACRU Brief Supports Arizona's Citizenship Law for Voting in Federal Elections

By |2020-04-23T21:59:33-04:00December 14th, 2012|

(Alexandria, VA) – The American Civil Rights Union filed a brief today with the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. The Intertribal Council of Arizona in support of Arizona’s Proposition 200, which requires prospective voters to provide satisfactory evidence of citizenship to register to vote. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a District Court ruling upholding that state law, concluding that federal election law preempts Proposition 200 in regard to federal elections.

“While states continue to move forward in preventing voter fraud by passing Voter ID laws, purging deceased voters from their rolls and blocking non-citizens from casting ballots, liberal groups and activists […]

Democracy and Majority Rule

By |2012-11-26T10:51:27-05:00November 26th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published November 21, 2012 on Townhall.com.

President Barack Obama narrowly defeated Gov. Mitt Romney in the popular vote 51 percent to 48 percent. In the all-important Electoral College, the difference was larger, with Obama winning 303 electoral votes and Romney 206. Let’s not think so much about the election’s outcome but instead ask: What’s so good about democracy and majority rule?

How many decisions in our day-to-day lives would we like to be made through majority rule or the democratic process? How about the decision […]

Left Likes Fuzzy Math on Election Day

By |2020-04-23T21:59:33-04:00November 26th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published November 23, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

Pawing through the ashes of Mitt Romney’s defeat, it’s clear that if the Republican Party wants to compete nationally, it has to do several things, such as re-message timeless traditional values, attract more young and minority voters — particularly Hispanics — and do a better job of getting out the vote.

This will be moot if the integrity of the voting process is not restored.

From Republican Rep. Allen B. West’s improbable recount loss in South Florida, to reports of voting-machine irregularities, […]

Supreme Court to Hear Constitutional Challenge to Voting Rights Act

By |2012-11-13T16:14:47-05:00November 13th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Legal Analyst Ken Klukowski was published on November 9, 2012 on Breitbart.com.

Early next year, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a constitutional challenge to one of the most powerful provisions in federal law, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in the case Shelby County v. Holder.

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. It gives force to the Fifteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids voting rights from being abridged on account of race or color. Whenever […]

ACRU Asks Holder to Investigate Connecticut Mayor's Comments

By |2012-10-29T12:53:54-04:00October 29th, 2012|

On October 12th, Bridgeport, Conn. Mayor Bill Finch was caught on tape arguably boasting that he would guarantee U.S. Senate candidate Christopher Murphy however many Bridgeport votes it took for Murphy to win the election in November. On Oct. 24, ACRU Chairman Susan A. Carleson wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. asking the Justice Department to make inquiries and to monitor the voting process in Bridgeport from now until Election Day.

Click here for the letter. (PDF)

Understanding Economics

By |2012-09-26T16:52:54-04:00September 26th, 2012|

This column by ACRU Policy Board Member and Professor of Economics Dr. Walter E. Williams was published September 26, 2012 on Townhall.com.

Here’s a question: If there’s a disaster, a war, a severe drought or some other calamity that restricts future supplies of a commodity — such as oil, coffee or corn — what is the intelligent thing for people to do right away? If you said “use less now and try to produce more,” you’d be absolutely correct. That’s not rocket science, but understanding the machinery involved in getting people to do so is a bit more challenging.

The best […]

Appeasement Trumps First Amendment

By |2020-04-23T21:50:21-04:00September 23rd, 2012|

This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Robert Knight was published September 21, 2012 on The Washington Times website.

I was driving into Washington the other day when a radio clip of Hillary Rodham Clinton got my attention. The secretary of state was emoting hotly, using terms such as “disgusting” and “reprehensible.”

At first, I thought Bill Clinton might have released a candid memoir, but I soon realized that the former first lady was talking about the crude 14-minute “Innocence of Muslims” video that liberals blamed solely for the deadly attacks on U.S. embassies and riots across the Muslim world. Mrs. […]

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