I am no fan of ACORN, or the things that they’ve been accused of doing, including their roles in pressuring banks to extend loans to people who had no business getting loans, which lead to the sub-prime mortgage mess.
But when Congress de-funded the group of millions of dollars, ACORN was effectively crippled. Again, no big loss in my view.
But ACORN filed a lawsuit, claiming that the act of Congress that de-funded them was a bill of attainder, which is a law that targets one individual or group for punishment without due process or a trial, and is illegal under Article 1 of the Constitution. Individuals who are members of ACORN have been on trial, but the group as a whole has not.
They may have a point. Under the circumstances, the Congress probably should have suspended funding pending an investigation, rather than banning it outright.
How much more is this going to cost the taxpayers?
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