DOJ: Oh No, We Can Still Fund ACORN
Eric Holder's Department of Justice has released a memo that lays out the legal argument allowing HUD to ignore the recent bill (signed into law by the President) that defunds ACORN. It cites problems with the statutory language of the legislation defunding ACORN (P.L. 111-68 Sec. 163), analyzes potential constitutional issues with the government retroactively repudiating a contract, and raises the issue of whether the law is a bill of attainder. Please click here for an Examiner piece criticizing DOJ's handling of this issue.