Today the Center for Constitutional Rights sued the federal government on behalf of ACORN. They are alleging that Congressional efforts to defund ACORN constitute an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder. This tired argument has been …
Read Original Story: Meet the Ratners: Defending ACORN is Their Family Business – Big Government (blog)
NEW YORK — ACORN has been cut off by banks, the government and most of its private foundation funders, severely hampering its housing operations and raising the possibility that it will not survive in its current form, according to a lawsuit the group …
Read Original Story: ACORN lawsuit raises question: Can it survive? – The Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) — ACORN, the community group that has become a target of conservative attacks, filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York to get its federal funding restored. In court papers, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now …
Read Original Story: Acorn sues to reverse funding cutoff – United Press International
ACORN has just filed a lawsuit in New York challenging as "unconstitutional" its loss of federal funds after its role in a child prostitution scandal was exposed. Earlier, it sued those who exposed its role in that scandal for $2 million, claiming that …
Read Original Story: ACORN challenges cut-off of federal funds after child prostitution scandal as … – Examiner.com
Bertha Lewis, ACORN’s chief executive officer, speaks to reporters. The group is suing the government, accusing it of unconstitutionally stripping it of federal funding. Photo: AP A non-profit organization filed a …
Read Original Story: ACORN sues over funding cut – Politico
ACORN is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court against Congress in which lawmakers are accused of violating the Constitution by specifically targeting the group for punishment. The lawsuit was filed in Brooklyn by …
Read Original Story: ACORN Lawsuit Against Congress For Defunding Group – NPR
by Publius A non-profit organization filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday morning, seeking to overturn a law stopping the flow of federal funds to ACORN. The suit, filed in federal court in New York, claims that bills passed by the …
Read Original Story: ACORN Sues Feds Over Funding Cut – Big Government (blog)
Thursday morning, a Federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of the community group ACORN and two of its affiliated organizations. The groups are, unsurprisingly enough, claiming that a recently passed provision in an appropriations bill barring federal …
Read Original Story: ACORN, Attainder, and our Craven Congress – ScienceBlogs (blog)
This morning, representatives of ACORN filed a lawsuit against the government, seeking reinstatement of federal funding that Congress cut off last September. The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has agreed to represent ACORN (Association of …
Read Original Story: ACORN sues feds to reinstate funds – Examiner.com
WASHINGTON — The community organizing group ACORN is suing the federal government, saying that Congress violated the US Constitution when it barred the group from receiving federal funds. Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., has been at the …
Read Original Story: ACORN sues over cutoff of funding – Omaha World-Herald
