Nadler: Cutting Off Federal Funds to ACORN ‘Flatly Unconstitutional’ (HUH????????????)

pubrecord.org ^ | 9/18/2009 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, denounced a Republican amendment adopted by the House of Representatives Thursday to deny all federal funds to the advocacy group the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) as blatantly unconstitutional and a threat to unpopular organizations everywhere.

Nadler said the Republican initiative, the Defund ACORN Act, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, singles out a specific organization by name for exclusion from participating in any federal program, in direct violation of the Constitution’s prohibition against Bills of Attainder. The amendment was attached to a student loan bill.

[avacado]

"Jerrold Nadler eyes spaghetti sauce on a reporter's shirt and goes into
lock-down strike mode..."

[Red in Blue PA]

ROFL!

[PDMiller]

Alright Jerry, we'll give you the point. Let's rename it the “Defund all Community Organization/Union Criminal Enterprises Act”. We appreciate the heads up on casting a wider net on the rampant corruption going on. Thanks again for the advice.

[FormerACLUmember]

Spherical Marxist PigBoy Nadler respects the Constitution in the exact same fashion as he views "Devil Dogs" and "Yodels."

[politicalmerc]

Stupid, Fat, and Ugly is no way to go through life Nadler. Read the Constitution!

Wow, nice shot!

[sako shooter]

Defund them all. Save a lot of money and trouble for the republic.

[Above My Pay Grade]

OK, Congressman Nadler, please show me where it says in the Constitution that even legitimate, honest, community organizations have constitutional right to funding (much less corrupt, criminal orginzations, which promote and enable prostitution, tax evasion, money laundering, illegal immigration and the trafficking of child sex slaves).

[grey_whiskers]

It's "living, breathing document" according to your friends, Nadler.

Go felch a camel.

[ejonesie22]

Nadler...

LOL...

Just saying his name makes me laugh...

[coon2000]

He will not be long in this world. Looks like he is a month away from a heart attack.

[Nova442]

There is an enormous difference in deciding to avoid further funding of Acorn and seizing Acorn’s property without due process. Almost as enormous as Nadler.

[Pistolshot]

"I never met a meal I didn't like."

[Cyclone59]

Well said. But isn’t cutting off ACORN funding racist???

NO, the guy that is running, Wade Rathke, it is WHITE, so it’s not even a hate crime either.

[bvw]

Nader’s worried abouty his own legacy — those damnable PIRGS which are staffed by “we liberal college students know EVERYTHING better than you old fogeys and conservatives” types of the most insufferable and unpleasant sort.

[tflabo]

"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Labyrinthos]

Bull Crap. Companies are banned from Federal contracts every day. No difference here.

Actually, there is a big difference in that the companies are entitled to administrative due process before they are banned from competing for government contracts.

[marstegreg]

Very good point!!! It didn’t even dawn on me, and it must be like the first rule. I would make a very poor lib!

[bvw]

Oops — I misread Nadler as Nader. Well, it didn’t matter!

[Little Ray]

He has a point.
DEFUND ‘EM ALL!

[Dawgreg]

That little fat fart is unconstitutional!