Posted on 08/20/2010 6:45:10 PM PDT by DollyCali
Thanks to FReeper libbylu
Congressman Billybob has died.
ACRU Mourns the Passing of John Armor
John Armor”John was a great American, a dear friend and a champion of liberty,” says Susan Carleson, CEO and Chairman of the American Civil Rights Union. “He will be sorely missed.”
On August 20, 2010, ACRU Senior Legal Counsel John Armor passed away in a North Carolina hospital, following cancer surgery. He had appeared to be in full recovery, so his death was a shock to family and friends.
Armor, a graduate of Yale University and the University of Maryland School of Law, had a long and distinguished career, practicing before the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years and authoring eight books and hundreds of articles. His latest book, These Are the Times That Try Men’s Souls: America Then and Now in the Words of Tom Paine (ACRU 2010), is being released in early September.
“It was a blessing that he got to see it, hold it in his hands,” Carleson said.
These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls A favorite at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and Tea Party events, especially in North Carolina where he lived, Armor dressed in colonial garb and impersonated Benjamin Franklin, explaining the origins of American liberties to 21st Century audiences. Some of his performances can be seen on YouTube.
“John was one of the first people that my husband Bob [Carleson] brought on board at the ACRU when there was no money, just great spirit,” said Carleson, who met Armor when they worked together on the National Commission of the Bicentennial of the Constitution in 1986. “He has been a delight to work with and will be sorely missed. This is a deep loss to his wife Michelle, to his children, his friends and his colleagues at the ACRU.”
Armor, who was one of the few attorneys to write an amicus brief in the presidential election case in 2000, was a well known legal scholar of American politics, particularly third party movements. He represented Eugene McCarthy during the Minnesota Senator’s challenge of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s presidency in 1968.
“John was also the first to figure out the constitutional basis of recalling federal officials,” Carleson said. “That led to the ACRU’s current campaign, RecallCongressNow.org, to educate Americans about the laws in 11 states that allow for recall as a way to ensure greater accountability.”
For the past several years, Armor wrote the weekly “ACLU Outrages” feature for the ACRU’s Website. “John had his finger on the pulse of the ACLU, tracking their misdeeds and writing amusing and disturbing accounts,” Carleson said. “He said he never worried about finding material, because the ACLU’s absurd stances came as reliably as ‘the rain falling on the fields of Ireland.’”
Susan Carleson, Chairman, CEO
Farewell to one of the finest legal minds, if not the greatest ever on FR. Another patriot goes to his just reward in heaven.
Goodbye and God Bless John Armor.
The shock is gone, the sadness lingers. We will all miss him, but he left so much of himself with us. We are all better people for having known The (More er Less) Honorable Congressman Billybob. That makes me smile.
God bless John Armour and his family. He was a good man.
Oh no! Prayers up for his family and friends. So sad!
That’s terribly sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
Sad news.
Condolances to and prayers for his family.
He will be sorely missed.
I have known John on this forum for years and immensely enjoyed my many conversations with him over the time. He was a great American whom the Lord has now called home to His bosom.
He will be sorely missed as a freind, and as a patriotic American in the fight we are engaged in. I cannot say why the Lord took Him home as He did, or for that matter, why, to date, I have been suffered to remain through a similar set of circumstances (cancer, surgery, rehab, etc.). I only know it is God's will...of this I am sure and have no doubt, and therefore, as hard as it may be, we move forward.
It is what John would want, and what we must do if we are to retain our freedom and liberty and way of life, which John worked so hard to retain, for the rising generations, our own children and their children before us.
God bless you John, you will be sorely missed. I look forward to meeting you one day on high and thanking you for all you have done, and for your friendship here on these boards.
Jeff, when I posted this thread & sent out the initial ping, YOU were the first one I thought of..
God’s sieve of life.
We don’t ever know do we? When you were going though your initial ordeal, you truly did not know if you would survive... many people posted to encourage you along the way.
It is interesting that some of those encouragers will possibly be meeting our maker before you.
God’s timing and will are perfect even if we don’t agree or understand quite often.
I also thought of Ray Malone/Common Tator, another keen mind & patriot who had a long ordeal with cancer, was a survivor for a decade & then fought those last few years or re-occurrence with spirit & determination.
Then there is Tony Snow and his story.
God bless you friend. I know you are grateful for the time God has given you. You have been chosen to have extra time for a reason, possibly something new, which I am guessing to be the case. Now it is your job to be open to the vast options
May he RIP - what a great Freeper.
Amen Jeff, Amen.
RIP
Thank you, and God bless YOU Dolly. I also posted an update to my condition on the main prayer thread. God help us stay firm in the faith, and reclaim and retain our birthright to liberty...which He has bestowed upon us.
His contributions to FR will be sorely missed.
Sad to see him go.
Sad news. Dang cancer wreaking havoc. He’ll certainly be missed.
R.I.P.... in the heavenly sidebar...
RIP Congressman BillyBob.
R.I.P. Liberty has lost a champion.
God bless him and keep him.
We’re sure going to miss him.
He will be missed...one of the sharpest conservative minds I have ever read.
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