http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/congress-de-funding-of-acorn-is-constitutional-2nd-circuit-decides/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/congress-de-funding-of-acorn-is-constitutional-2nd-circuit-decides/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:28:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68899 Law.com: "The decision by Congress to strip ACORN and its affiliates of funding in reaction to an embezzlement and mismanagement scandal is not an unconstitutional bill of attainder, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday . . . The panel remanded the case of ACORN v. United States, 09-5172, to Judge Gershon for further proceedings on plaintiffs' claims under the First Amendment and due process clause." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/congress-de-funding-of-acorn-is-constitutional-2nd-circuit-decides/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/federal-appeals-court-in-ny-rules-against-acorn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/federal-appeals-court-in-ny-rules-against-acorn/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:05:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68712 Associated Press: "A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a decision that had barred Congress from withholding funds from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes." | ACORN v. United States, Nos. 09-5172-cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON) (2nd Cir. Aug. 13, 2010) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/13/federal-appeals-court-in-ny-rules-against-acorn/feed/ 0