Justice Department Appeals ACORN Ruling

By Matthew Vadum —— Bio and Archives April 13, 2010

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Some weeks ago the U.S. Department of Justice filed an appeal of U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon’s (absurd) ruling on ACORN funding.

Gershon issued a permanent injunction against the U.S. government forbidding it from defunding ACORN. She held that the cutoff of funding to ACORN constituted an unconstitutional bill of attainder. I had searched without success for weeks online to find the appeal documents. I asked the DOJ to provide the documents today and the department promptly complied. Here is the Notice of Appeal and here is the Motion for Stay Pending Appeal.