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ACORN has a constitutional right to defraud the people of the United States

Communist Anti-American Law Firm Files ACORN Lawsuit Against Government

By Matthew Vadum
Friday, November 13, 2009

The rabidly anti-American, communist public interest law firm known as the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed suit against the government on behalf of the radical advocacy group ACORN.

I wrote a profile of the Center previously. Read it here. It seems CCR here claims ACORN has a constitutional right to defraud the people of the United States.

From the top of CCR’s press release [emphasis below is in original]:

The case charges Congress with violating the Bill of Attainder provision in the U.S. Constitution, violating the Fifth Amendment right to due process, and infringing on the First Amendment right to freedom of association by targeting affiliated and allied organizations, as well. CCR attorneys say members of Congress violated the Constitution by declaring an organization guilty of a crime and punishing it and its members without benefit of a trial.

Said CCR Cooperating Attorney Jules Lobel, “It’s not the job of Congress to be the judge, jury, and executioner. We have due process in this country, and our Constitution forbids lawmakers from singling out a person or group for punishment without a fair investigation and trial. Congress, as well as individuals and organizations must abide by the rule of law.â€

Un-believable.

Activist group and organized crime syndicate ACORN has a constitutional right to defraud the people of the United States it claims in a federal lawsuit.

ACORN Says It Has A Constitutional Right To Your Money

By Matthew Vadum
Friday, November 13, 2009

That’s what I write in today’s American Spectator. From the top of the article:

Activist group and organized crime syndicate ACORN has a constitutional right to defraud the people of the United States it claims in a federal lawsuit.

Actually, the lawsuit, filed with the assistance of the allegedly terrorist-funded Center for Constitutional Rights, doesn’t use the word fraud, but that’s what it amounts to because ACORN argues in the document that it has a right to taxpayer dollars. I kid you not.

In the action filed in U.S. District Court ACORN plays the victim — as always.

ACORN claims the congressionally approved cutoff of federal funding that expires Dec. 18 violates the Constitution’s prohibition on bills of attainder, along with ACORN’s free speech and due process rights.

Of course, due process is a rather specific legal concept that applies to judicial proceedings, rather than the lawmaking process. A bill of attainder singles out an individual or group for punishment without trial.

Is it punishment for ACORN to be denied public funds? That implies the group has the right to receive those funds. [...]

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