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Kenneth A. “Ken” Klukowski is a national-bestselling author and a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer, consultant, and journalist, specializing in the Constitution. He is special counsel at the Family Research Council, where he serves as director of the Center for Religious Liberty, a fellow and senior analyst with the American Civil Rights Union, and a research fellow with Liberty University School of Law. He is the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for Townhall.com and is a contributor to BigGovernment.com and Fox Forum, the opinion page for Fox News. Klukowski has written briefs on constitutional issues in federal courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. A lecturer at law schools across America, his scholarly writings have been published by respected legal journals from law schools such as Georgetown and Yale. As an attorney he has written briefs in constitutional cases to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts. His columns have been published in Politico, the New York Post, the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, and the Wall Street Journal, among numerous other outlets, and he speaks on legal, political, and public policy issues. He is the coauthor of the national bestselling book The Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency. A native of Indiana, he lives in the Virginia suburbs of D.C. with his wife and children.
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Ken Klukowski (Dec 27, 2010)
It's worth noting not only that the War on Christmas has continued, but now federal regulators have joined the wrong side. Christians should get far more aggressive in... more
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Ken Klukowski (Nov 10, 2010)
While America was talking about the election returns, the Supreme Court was talking about tax credits to fund Christian schools in Arizona. It looks like this might be yet... more
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Ken Klukowski (Nov 03, 2010)
Many newer video games depict graphic violence, such as torturing and defiling women and children. These games are sold to kids. The Supreme Court is considering whether the... more
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Ken Klukowski (Oct 07, 2010)
On October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the First Amendment protects a radical religious group protesting the funeral of a fallen U.S. Marine,... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jul 13, 2010)
Editor’s Note: This piece was co-authored by Ken Blackwell.
A situation involving voter intimidation caught on tape has now exploded, as a Justice Department lawyer... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 30, 2010)
On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down a deeply-disturbing decision in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that sets back religious freedom in this country. This case... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 29, 2010)
On June 28, the Supreme Court handed down the most consequential decision of this term in the historic gun-rights case, McDonald v. Chicago. Now the Second Amendment right... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 28, 2010)
On June 24, the Supreme Court sent back for a new hearings one of the Enron villains, Jeffrey Skilling, and two other unrelated defendants. The Court did this in part by... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 25, 2010)
Today the Supreme Court dealt a setback to supporters of traditional marriage. But it’s not the defeat that gay-rights supporters (and many of their fans on the media) are... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 23, 2010)
Monday’s Supreme Court case on supporting terrorism saw retiring Justice Stevens side with the conservatives, while Justice Sotomayor went the opposite way. This suggests... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 21, 2010)
The legal world has been focused on a constitutional property-rights case before the Supreme Court. Last week the Court handed down its decision, and disappointed those... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jun 08, 2010)
While Tuesday is a major primary-election day across the country, once Wednesday dawns the nation’s eyes will start turning to the Supreme Court as the next major story in... more
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Ken Klukowski (May 19, 2010)
Monday’s Supreme Court decision holding that sentencing an underage person to life in prison is unconstitutional is yet another disturbing example of judicial activism.... more
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Ken Klukowski (May 18, 2010)
In a disappointing move, the Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that allows the feds to keep locked away criminals deemed “sexually dangerous” after those convicts’... more
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Ken Klukowski (May 10, 2010)
President Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan reveals the kind of Supreme Court that the president wants for America. It’s one that will fulfill his far-left... more
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Ken Klukowski (May 03, 2010)
In a very narrow ruling, the World War I memorial shaped like a Latin cross will continue to stand in the Mojave desert. But this was not the victory that conservatives hoped... more
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Ken Klukowski (Apr 09, 2010)
Justice Stevens’ retirement from the Supreme Court creates a potential game-changer for the midterm elections. If Republicans respond correctly to this, they can recapture... more
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Ken Klukowski (Mar 30, 2010)
A top federal appeals courts has decided in a major campaign finance case. Whether this case goes to the Supreme Court or not, it indicates that in the aftermath of the... more
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Ken Klukowski (Mar 03, 2010)
On March 2, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Second Amendment applies to states, or instead is only a right against the federal government. Although it looks... more
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Ken Klukowski (Feb 24, 2010)
Can the government forbid you from talking with terrorists? The Supreme Court heard arguments in an antiterrorism case presenting this First Amendment issue. The War on... more
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Ken Klukowski (Feb 17, 2010)
The ink isn’t yet dry on January’s landmark Supreme Court campaign finance decision Citizens United v. FEC, and already Round Two has begun. As new legislation is planned to... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jan 25, 2010)
There is growing tension between the pro-gun parties to the upcoming Supreme Court gun-rights case. Perhaps concerned about the direction this case was going, the Court has... more
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Ken Klukowski (Jan 14, 2010)
On January 12, the Supreme Court heard a case involving a federal law that empowers the federal government to keep dangerous people locked up after their prison sentences are... more