Ken Klukowski is a national-bestselling author, constitutional lawyer and media contributor. He is on faculty at Liberty University School of Law, and a fellow and senior legal analyst with the American Civil Rights Union. He has also been published by Politico, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among other outlets. Klukowski has authored briefs on constitutional issues across the country, including the one adopted by the U.S. district court in striking down Obamacare in its entirety. He has authored seven law review articles, and been cited by multiple federal and state courts. A frequent media guest, he has appeared on national television and radio shows. A national bestselling author, his most recent book is Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America, published by Simon & Schuster. A native of Indiana, he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, studied history and political science at Arizona State University, and earned his law degree from George Mason University where he was a journal editor. He currently lives in the Virginia suburbs of D.C.
The nation mourns the passing of one of the finest judges ever to sit on the federal bench: Robert Heron Bork. This distinguished judge passed away on Dec. 19 at the age of 85, and his contributions to the law and to the judicial process are nothing short of historic.
19 Dec 2012
Conservative leaders have scheduled a press conference this afternoon to denounce Speaker John Boehner’s Plan B on the fiscal cliff as a tax increase, and accused Grover Norquist of giving cover to the establishment to facilitate this cave-in and hand President Barack Obama a liberal victory. Boehner’s plan would concede that marginal tax rates need to go up, just differing with Obama on where the line should be drawn above which American business owners and investors-—who are the job-creators in our economy—-will get hit with a crushing tax burden in a weak economy.
19 Dec 2012
A top federal appeals court signaled Friday that it might act on Obamacare’s HHS Mandate—requiring employers to cover birth control and abortion-related services.
15 Dec 2012
The National Rifle Association just won a major court case in Chicago, providing a huge victory for Second Amendment proponents and gun owners.
11 Dec 2012
The Supreme Court of the United States announced Friday it would decide two cases involving same-sex marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). By next July, the Court will rule on the government's role in marriage both in the states and at the federal level.
7 Dec 2012
President Barack Obama made headlines months ago when he installed controversial nominees to key government positions, bypassing the U.S. Senate by declaring the Senate in recess so that Senate confirmation was not needed. Today a federal appeals court signaled that it might rule Obama’s move unconstitutional, and remove those officials from power.
5 Dec 2012
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed by Obama, then submitted to the Senate for ratification pursuant to the U.S. Constitution, which requires two-thirds of the Senate (67 senators) to approve.
4 Dec 2012
The Court announced today that it was taking two more cases for arguments early next year. Although they considered the cases involving same-sex marriage, there was no word on them.
1 Dec 2012
The Supreme Court has now reinstated a major challenge to Obamacare. Liberty University is challenging both the Individual Mandate and the Employer Mandate of the Affordable Care Act. A liberal panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit had thrown out the case last year, saying that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) does not permit any federal court to rule on the merits of challenges to the Individual Mandate until that requirement goes into effect in 2014.
26 Nov 2012
Can an American citizen exercise his religion through his privately-owned business? The fate of Obamacare’s disturbing HHS contraception mandate turns on that question, and now the federal courts are split on the answer regarding an issue very likely to end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
25 Nov 2012