Supreme Court Rejects ACORN Appeal
- Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:18am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes, over being banned from getting federal funds.
The high court on Monday refused to review a federal court‘s decision to uphold Congress’s ban on federal funds for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Congress cut off ACORN’s federal funding last year in response to allegations the group engaged in voter registration fraud and embezzlement and violated the tax-exempt status of some of its affiliates by engaging in partisan political activities.
ACORN sued, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the action. The high court refused to hear its appeal.
The case is ACORN v. United States, 10-1068.
News of the rejection comes as the Government Accountability Office just a issued a report showing the some federal agencies have been slow to implement ACORN funding restrictions.
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Comments (102)
frustratedwithgovt
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:41amGood for the courts. Make no mistake though – this doesn’t mean that ACORN or what ever new name(s) it goes by is going away. Stay vigilant!
Report Post »freeweever
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:40amthis nut won’t harvest
Report Post »liberalsarealiens
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:39amThis skunk can and will change his strips for spots or what ever works! They must be watched intencely!
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:38amGet off our money now! You want to fund these trolls? Use your own money that you go out and work for. Leave our money alone!!!
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:37amBye Bye Farewell see ya later.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:33amYes! Now we get to hear them cry with their last dieing gasps.
Report Post »I am going to celebrate by feeding acorns to the neighborhood squirrels.
Hiswill
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:31amThank you Supreme Court. Nice to get some good news for a change.
Report Post »Alky
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:30amSince when does Obama care about court decisions??
Report Post »nappy
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:28amha ha! Acron s u c k it! You’re a bunch of nuts.
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:27amWe need to keep an eye on this! They will crawl out from under another rock.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:27amThey will still get funding some way,….somehow.
Report Post »Obamma needs them to dirty up his re-election in 2012.
There is no way he won’t figure out a way to get them the money.
We won’t find out about it for years down the road.
But by then the damage will be done.
Obamma is Satan,….bent on the destruction of America.
NoIPhone
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:01pmYes, and actually, there is more money in liberal bank accounts than in DC 1>0 all day long. Watch the other hand. Who believes our court has done a 180. Not me, I am a conspiricay theorist who believes the liberal ones do what the liberal ones say. I do not think they have suddenly began to care about this nation.
Report Post »I hope I am wrong in most of my negative thoughts, but I know I am right about God. I stand “under God.”
NSDQ
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:26amHere’s an idea if youre so needed and your cause important and true RAISE YOUR OWN DAMN MONEY!!
Report Post »Sean_McPherson
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:25amSo long ACORN, at least for now.
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:24amAcorn is nothing but nuts
Report Post »jim
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:24amACORN will be getting funds, illegally, as long as Obama is in office.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:23amNow, if we could extend the ban to the newly named shadow acorns.
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:22amYes !!!!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:22amNow, go away, losers!
Report Post »ruchamah
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:22amChalk up one for the good guys! Way to go SCOTUS!
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:22amWatch out. They could just change their name and apply for funding under a new identity. Always watch the other hand.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:30amI bet they already have!
TEA!
Report Post »Banshee34
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:32amExactly my thoughts as well.
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:49pmActually you are under-estimating the body political.
This garbage group split off into 10 different non-profit orgs, with 10 different names. The liberal assult on America is akin to cancer replication conquest. This political corruption method, to Liberals, was what the Blitzkrieg was for the Nazis — multi-pronged and highly invasive manuvers to break down its opponent through collusion, division, and discection.
America now has cancer. The cancer is: Progressivism. Its very existance is now in question.
Report Post »jagr1850
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:21amGod bless the justice system !!!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:21amDie ACORN, die. Only to rise up again under another coo name…:pukinggif:
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:21amDoes this mean there is still hope?
Report Post »butler180
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:27amNot while the far left has anything to say about it. They will sneak funding in where ever they can and when ever they can
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:05amWatch the other hand
Report Post »Visions (Southern Cross)
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:20amhurts, doesn’t it?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:36am.
Report Post »These useless bottom feeders will show up under a different name, and Obama will see they gets they money…
travlman77
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:19pmYes they will run, hide, change their names and their leaders, but just 1 year ago they feared no one and ran rampant through our political system!
Report Post »Thank you Glen Beck
Thank you Tea Party
Thank you Blazers and the like that are waking up and fighting back!
G man
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:20amGame, set and match!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:24amNow, if we could only extend the ban to the SHADOW ACORNS as well.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:26amThe Court is on the Right This time!!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:26amNot really. **** roaches have an amazing ability to survive. You’ll be reading about them for a long time.
Report Post »knockered
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:27amIt’s about time, may there be many more…
Report Post »butler180
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:28amPerfect comment. Nothing to add
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:29amDidn’t they just change their name and reapply? This won’t stop until the Federal Govenment stops funding “private” organizations … all of them … too much graft and corruption between the “parties” (the groups and our government DEAL making).
TEA!
Report Post »MEESHEL
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:29amWoo Hoo!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:30amDefund all ACORN programs, NOW. Starve these radicals of Taxpayer Cash, NOW. Clearcut all ACORN sprouts , NOW.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:32amUntil they change their name…..
Report Post »True American66
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:32amEveryone needs to be on the look-out for government funding to COI (Community Organizers International); they are the reincarnation of ACORN.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:32amGood call by the Court. Unfortunately only one head of the snake was cut off. ACORN and its ilk will be back, one way or another – one name or another. We can’t just write them off.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:33amThere is no more “ACORN,” it has been disbanded for years.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:35amJohn Galt represented ACORN in Court.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:36amThe supreme court has no power over where tax payers dollars go. That’s one of the jobs of congress.
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:42amGOOD! Maybe we can have some much needed restored faith in the Supreme Court.
Report Post »Bear
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:43amIf Congress cuts you off from Tax payer money,,,how can you sue the Government and the people to start paying you again,,,the arrogance! Liberals don’t think Congress or our Government runs them any more just the Activist courts and Judges ( and Executive orders and Czars )! Sorry a$$ holes.you have ot follow the laws to,,you break um,you pay not the Tax payer,,,,,you should have never been getting our money in the first place you Stupid,Liberal,Hippie Morons!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:48amSaw an article the other day about how they had gotten lists of people on unemployment, and were sending out letters, knocking on their doors, encouraging them to being unemployed was a great time to have kids, since it would qualify them for many more benefits such as food stamps, rent assistance, light assistance, phone assistance, pay for the birth, etc. Voter fraud, slavery and prostitution is one thing, but actively working to grow the welfare rolls is treasonous.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:50am@ – MONICNE
“There is no more “ACORN,” it has been disbanded for years.”
So you’re saying Congress (who voted to quit funding ACORN) and the Supreme Court (who declined to hear ACORN’s case) as well as several federal judges- not to mention Obama & his administration (all of whom have commented on ACORN) are ignorant enough to acknowledge the existance of & take actions regarding an organization that hasn’t existed for years??
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:50amacorn DOES stilll exist – MOST of their branches have changed names, not all.
payments have continued to acorn by many branches of govt in spite of congress’ ban on payments – when caught, these govt branches reply with the equivalent of “oops”.
acorn’s new names ARE receiving govt funds, and will require similar action to stop them.
this will continue until we correct our election laws. citizens need to actively seek out their own voting registration – bringing it to them is an excuse to influence their vote, regardless of who does it.
Report Post »the early voting stuff needs to be stopped also.
states need laws requiring state-issued photo-id when voting.
we need to eliminate PAC’s – all of them – representatives need to represent INDIVIDUALS, not just those who are well-funded enough to bribe them with campaign donations.
donations – limit donations to INDIVIDUALS – no corporations, no charities, no schools, no international donations, etc.
donations – limit donations to $100.00 per individual – the rich will have no more say or influence than the poor.
donations – independent govt agency should be clearinghouse for all donations – donations should be limited to 1 donation per political office per campaign cycle – this new agency would track the donor, and the amout, and would forward the gross money to the candidate – but NOT THE NAME of the individual donor, nor the individual AMOUNTS, only the gross collected amout for the week/month/etc.
Lastly, TERM LIMITS!
Susan Harkins
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:52amCan we just crack this nut and be done with it?
Besides, like most infectious diseases, it probably split off into ten different strains with ten different names, which all sound like they are the best thing since sliced bread, but are all DEADLY to the American Ideal.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:53amLa Raza should be NEXT!!! Make a list of all these “social issue” parasites and check them OFF the public dime!! If, they are a worthy organization then they can get PRIVATE funds donated!!!
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:55amExcellent news!
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 11:58amThats an amazing ruling, considering Acorns’ top nut being the president!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:03pmThey only stopped the name . These commies will never stop as long as they have a pulse.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:04pmHey – Midwest Mom!
Report Post »ACORN began shutting down in 2009. By March 2010, 15 of ACORN’s 30 state chapters had closed and at least two others had severed ties with ACORN.[9] On March 22, 2010, ACORN announced it was closing its remaining affiliated state chapters and disbanding due to falling revenue. On November 2, 2010, ACORN filed for Chapter 7 liquidation, effectively closing the organization.[15]
MidWestMom
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:17pm@ – MONICNE
Report Post »True. But it doesn’t change the facts I listed or the question I asked you in the above post
MidWestMom
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:19pmWord error in the above response to MONICNE: the word True should be, Doesn’t Matter.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:38pmnow if we can get them to rule the un Patriot Act is a violation
Report Post »of the 4th amendment.
hauschild
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 12:47pmIsn’t it really scary, though, that something so fundamentally criminal was allowed to get this far and also what this country would look like following 10-20 years of a 5-4 liberal majority?
Think about it. Think about the few freedoms we have remaining to enjoy and how quickly [at some point in the future] it is all going to end. That’s damned frightening! Hopefully, I’ll be 6 feet under by that time.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:07pmSorry – but as long as the farm animals can vote, they will always vote for the one who FEEDS them.
(No matter how many of them get butchered for the meat)
As long as the government is allowed to hand out free cheese – the hungry (or the lazy) will always sell their vote.
I reflect back to those two women telling the reporter that “OBAMA will start handing out cash” – Oh boy – I don’t have to pay my rent anymore. I won’t have to worry about my car payment!
Report Post »Oh-Bah-Mah – Oh-Bah-Mah – Oh-Bah-Mah – Oh-Bah-Mah – Oh-Bah-Mah – Oh-Bah-Mah
hud
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:13pmNOT REALLY! Article last week shows they are still being funded by a large # of federal agencies. The federal gov is like one of those one cell species that swim up your penis and slowly kills you because we have no cure for some of these things. The slime of the dumbocrap party has invaded every cell of the bureaucracy and is killing the Republic.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:18pmG man
Game, set and match!
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Did you notice this sentence from the article: “News of the rejection comes as the Government Accountability Office just a issued a report showing the some federal agencies have been slow to implement ACORN funding restrictions.”
Perhaps the funding river has been restricted, but not curtailed. Just remember who is in charge, odumbo [BIG EARS!], the funding will NOT stop until 2013. Cain/Christie/Paul/Perry!
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 1:44pmMidWestMom, you are obviously chronically in need of having the last word, and I have nothing better to do than chitty chat nonsense, so here ids your “demanded response” M’am…
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So you’re saying Congress (who voted to quit funding ACORN) and the Supreme Court (who declined to hear ACORN’s case) as well as several federal judges- not to mention Obama & his administration (all of whom have commented on ACORN) are ignorant enough to acknowledge the existance of & take actions regarding an organization that hasn’t existed for years??
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No. I am saying that ACORN shut down its operations starting in 2009 and their storefronts do not exist. I apologize if this is not good enough a reply for you, and I am getting tired of you. Good Luck in everything you do, madam.
perdew
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:14pmIt is long over due. Congress should de fund a lot more organizations, That can’t stand up to investigation.
Report Post »We have been sending bad money after bad money. John Bainer can you stop this insanity that is going on in DC?
silentwatcher
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:41pmOh darn.
Report Post »obama brotherhood.
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:45pmobama’s peeps not done yet.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 4:33pm@ – MONICNE
1) I’m not chronically in need of the “last word” – I’m simply responding to your posts and asking you questions about your opinions.
2) I’m sorry you feel polite discussion and questions are “chitty chat nonsense”.
3) I never “demanded” a response from you or anyone – again, I simply asked questions about or clarification of your opinons.
4) If I mistakenly assumed your post stating when ACORN shut down was ridiculing the “stop federal funding” legislation, those who were involved in passing it, those who did or did not hear the arguments in court or commented in relation to the issue – I apologize. If you had made that clear in your earlier comments, I could have apologized much sooner.
5) If your purpose in saying that ACORN shut down years ago was not in relation to the thread article, it was another off-topic post.
5) Thank you for wishing me Good Luck in all I do.
Report Post »Vinny C.
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 9:35pmExcept that ACORN is still receiving funding, has created “shadow” ACORNs, and has now gone, primarily, “underground”. What we NEED to do is challenge ALL Federal spending in court as un-Constitutional. At least then we MIGHT get some light brought upon the subject.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 21, 2011 at 2:16pmThe filthy progressives will simply make up a new name for another parasitic group to suck on the teet of taxpayers.There shouldn‘t be any funding of any kind of ’groups’,because there will always be fraud involved.
Report Post »dalexander
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:21pmOne down, 7473 like organizations to go!
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