Federal judge halts ban on ACORN funding

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Federal judge halts ban on ACORN funding
by desmoinesdem, Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 08:54:21 PM EST


From The Hill's blog:

A federal judge today issued an injunction preventing the implementation of a congressional ban on funding for ACORN.

Judge Nina Gershon concluded that the ban amounted to a "bill of attainder" that unfairly singled out ACORN.

"{The plaintiffs} have been singled out by Congress for punishment that directly and immediately affects their ability to continue to obtain federal funding, in the absence of any judicial, or even administrative, process of adjudicating guilt," Gershon wrote in her decision.

Gershon said ACORN had demonstrated "irreperable harm" from the ban, while "the potential harm to the government, in granting the injunction, is less.

Conservative heads are exploding.

more...

http://www.mydd.com/story/2009/12/11/205421/03

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Here's the roll call showing which 75 House Democrats had the courage to vote against this unconstitutional bill.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll718.xml
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 718

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I'm surprised to see that John Conyers voted to cut funding

but I'm glad that Judge Gershon had the wisdom to overturn ill-conceived legislation.