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Activist Brooklyn Judge Delivers for ACORN, Re-funds Group
by Kyle Olson
File this one under the category of Predicable News of the Year: A Brooklyn federal judge, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, adopted the argument of hometown Congressman and ACORN apologist Jerrold Nadler that Congress's efforts to "defund" ACORN amounted to a bill of attainder, and thus were unconstitutional.
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Judge Nina Gershon imposed an injunction on the Congress to prevent it from cutting off funds, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit in Brooklyn federal court on behalf of ACORN. That's curious, given that ACORN is now headquartered in Washington, DC. Not to mention the Congressional action, of course, occured in Washington, DC.
Brooklyn is home of ACORN chief organizer Bertha Lewis. It's also home to the Working Families Party, the political party co-founded by ACORN. Brooklyn is also the district of Nadler, who runs on the Working Families ticket and has been the group's most strident supporter in the Congress.
Back in October, the American Spectator's Matthew Vadum revealed on BigGovernment that Nadler had contacted ACORN's attorney Arthur Z. Schwartz to "discuss the group's legal strategy."
Is it possible Nadler could have told Schwartz something along the lines of, "have I got a federal court for you…!" Is it?
The reality is, as with ACORN's sham "independent" investigation and subsequent report, ACORN is calling on its friends and allies in its time of need and peril. And man, are they delivering.
Bill Quigley, the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, was quoted by Fox News as saying, "It's a resounding victory for ACORN. I'd be surprised if the government decides to appeal."
(The Center for Constitutional Rights, by the way, is headed up by Michael Ratner. Big Government readers may remember that Steve's brother, Bruce, is a deep-pocketed real estate developer and sugar-daddy for ACORN.)
The Obama administration, headed by an ACORN alumni and filled with ACORN alumnus, of course, won't appeal. And don't expect the ACORN-friendly Democrats in Congress to do much either.
One way or another ACORN will continue to find ways to latch back onto the taxpayers' teat. It clearly has enough friends in high places willing to help with that endeavor.
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