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Defend America on Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:03:45 PM
NYC judge: Govt must stop blocking money to ACORN
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
(AP)
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20 hours ago
NEW YORK — A federal judge who found it unconstitutional that
Congress tried to cut funding to the activist group ACORN has rejected
a government request to change her mind and has ordered government
agencies to make it clear the funding isn't blocked.
In a written
ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon made permanent her
conclusion last year that the cutoff of funding was unconstitutional.
She ordered all federal agencies to put the word out about it.
The
Brooklyn judge said ACORN was punished by Congress without the
enactment of administrative processes to decide if money had been
handled inappropriately. She said the harm to ACORN's reputation
continues because the government never rescinded its advice to withhold
funding after it was distributed to "hundreds, if not thousands, of
recipients."
ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations
for Reform Now, describes itself as an advocate for low-income and
minority home buyers and residents.
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