House Ban on Acorn Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional

The New York Times ^ | 12-11-09 | JANIE LORBER

[cranked]

Victory for the corrupt left-wingers.

[Bertram3]

That is the most twisted interpretation of a bill of attainder I have ever read. If congress refuses to continue funding something, they are punishing them after the fact.

Where was this judge when congress refused to fund Reagan’s military budget?

[EDINVA]

ACORN and their attorneys obviously ‘judge shopped’ and picked the venue/judge who’d be most favorable to them. For a judge to override another equal branch of govt is cause alone for an appeal.

[RicocheT]

Don’t federal contracts have a rescission for cause clause in them? If not, the k writer missed law school. The cause would be the illegal acts of ACORN shown in various videos.

[MindBender26]

A bill of attainder, as generally known, is an act that punishes a PERSON via a very selective CRIMINAL statute.

Appeal time.

[Thunder90]

ACORN did not judge shop. They went to the judge that Obama, Pelosi, and Reed told them to. This was part of the deal that Pelosi, Reid, and Obama made with ACORN after the videos broke.

[The Duke]

Lack of reward is not punishment. But of course the corrupt judge new that.

[exit82]

Dongress gives and Congress takes away.

Absolutely Constitutional.

To do otherwise would be an abrogation of their duty, thus it would be....unconstitutional.

[BallyBill]

I have feeling this judge has a colorful record.

[MikeGranby]

Seems odd to me that companies would be protected from bills of attainder, and not just natural persons, but is there even any case law on this?

[Jet Jaguar]

NY Times’ take on the issue.

[MikeGranby]

http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/292/338/642381/

[Red in Blue PA]

I have feeling this judge has a colorful record.

[LikeLight]

So now, ACORN is federally funded in perpetuity, by court order? We can never defund them. Because it’s unconstitutional. Oh, this is rich. The words “absurd result” come to mind.

[mo]

tar...feathers....pitchforks....

[GOPJ]

I wonder how many whore houses ACORN runs - they seems to know a lot of tricks... (no pun intended).

[SkyDancer]

I guess ACORN is buried somewhere in the Constitution.

[coop223]

This explains it all: Nina Gershon (born 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is a federal district judge in the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

[Blood of Tyrants]

They will have a much harder time with the appeals court.