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What Will Bertha Lewis Do? ACORN Funding Ban Temporarily Reinstated by 2nd Circuit
21 Apr 2010 3:02 PM

Here's the statement from Rep. Issa on the reinstatement of the ACORN funding ban: U.S. Court of Appeals Suspends Ruling that Congressional Funding Ban on ACORN was Unconstitutional WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary Committee Member released the following... Read More...

by Chris Berg | with no comments

Filed under: ACORN, Funding, Judge Gershon, Bertha Lewis

ACORN’s Lawyer Claims the Organization Still Exists
3 Mar 2010 5:33 PM

In a letter obtained by the RNLA, the attorney for ACORN representing the organization in litigation in federal court claims that ACORN has not dissolved and still exists: "Plaintiff ACORN, which is a national organization, has not dissolved, has no plans to dissolve, and intends to continue operating as a national organization serving poor and working people... Read More...

by Justin Riemer | with no comments

Filed under: ACORN, Judge Gershon

Ed Whelan on ACORN Ruling
14 Dec 2009 1:00 PM

Ed Whelan at National Review's Bench Memos has written on last Friday's ACORN ruling by Judge Gershon. Whelan finds Gershon's opinion "unpersuasive." Read More...

by Justin Riemer | with no comments

Filed under: ACORN, Judge Gershon

RNLA Response to Ruling on ACORN
14 Dec 2009 7:56 AM

The RNLA has issued a response to the decision by Judge Nina Gershon of the Eastern District of New York to grant ACORN a preliminary injunction by declaring that legislation defunding the organization was an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder. Please click here for the statement. Read More...

by Justin Riemer | with no comments

Filed under: RNLA, ACORN, Bill of Attainder, Judge Gershon