Judge Instructs Fed Agencies to Resume ACORN Funding

(Multimedia) A federal judge has reaffirmed her earlier ruling blocking the congressional effort to de-fund the anti-poverty group ACORN. On Wednesday, Judge Nina Gershon cemented a decision from last year that such action amounted to an unconstitutional “bill of attainder.” Judge Gershon has asked all federal agencies to allow ACORN funding without delay. We speak with National Housing Institute president John Atlas, author of "Seeds of Change: The Story of Acorn, ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 19, 2010

Atlas puts the legal and factual details around the judge's decision and instructions about the bill of attainder. There is also a broad indictment of both the right wing and mainstream media for erroneous sensationalist news reporting biased against the poor and people of color.

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