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Judge Rules ACORN Funds Must Be Restored [UPDATED]

Part of a recent spate of news regarding ACORN.

Judge Nina Gershon has determined that ACORN were deprived of due process when Congress voted last year to cut off their funding, at least temporarily, after the scandal broken by the O'Keefe-Giles videos released by Andrew Breitbart. She was asked to reconsider in light of some of the evidence against ACORN, but refused.

In effect, the ruling means that Congress has no duty of care in funding a particular institution, but may not de-fund it without going through a formal process to determine its wrongdoing.

Yesterday came news, as well, that Holder's office put the kibosh on an investigation into ACORN, instead issuing a finding that they had broken no law. This is mocked by the deal that ACORN made with the state of Ohio to leave and not attempt to reconstitute itself under any other name there, in order to avoid prosecution, and news as well that 2 former ACORN employees have been indicted as part of a voter fraud investigation in Wisconsin.

Considering how slow ACORN has been to make its legally required filings, its a bit absurd to ask Congress to be up to the minute, but that's the way the judge sees it. But in liberaland, a church ought to lose its tax-exempt status if a priest argues against abortion.

Don't believe there's such a thing as liberal fascism?

UPDATE: On ACORN's re-branding.

Dan Collins

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