Interesting News on the ACORN Lawsuit
Last week ACORN and the Department of Justice had their day in court. I posted the following recap on www.biggovernment.com:
ACORN's pending litigation against the federal government has received less attention. Last week, unbeknownst to all but avid court or ACORN watchers a pivotal moment occurred in the lawsuit. Peter D. Leary, an attorney at the Department of Justice filed a brief defending the Congressional efforts to defund ACORN. His brief defended the defunding, while severely narrowing its scope and application.
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Now we turn to the brief filed last week by the government. It defends the defunding of ACORN noting that the Executive Branch has interpreted the CR ban on funding narrowly, and relying heavily on the fact that a CR is by definition temporary in nature.
See the full article here.