Fellowships

Two fellowships are available from The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU).

Armor Fellowship in Constitutional Law

The Armor Fellowship will be an 8-week summer experience for a rising constitutional lawyer who is an Eagle Scout. The Armor Fellow will work with ACRU legal experts, senior fellows, and staff to conduct legal research, write opinion editorials, and write a major paper on some aspect of the constitution, to be published by the ACRU. Click here for more information.

Carleson Fellowship in Public Policy

The Carleson Fellowship will be an 8-week summer experience for a rising public policy or public administration professional who is an Eagle Scout. The Carleson Fellow will work with ACRU senior fellows, legal experts, and staff to conduct public policy research, write opinion editorials, and write a major paper on some current policy issue, to be published by the ACRU. Click here for more information.

American Civil Rights Union Mission Statement

The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) is dedicated to protecting the civil rights of all Americans by publicly advancing a Constitutional understanding of our essential rights and freedoms. The ACRU monitors and counters organizations that threaten our constitutional rights. It files amicus briefs in critical civil rights cases, and defends the Constitution in print and broadcast media and on the Internet. The ACRU is committed to ensuring that those who believe in traditional moral values, such as the Boy Scouts of America, remain free to hold, express, teach and practice those beliefs.

The ACRU believes that the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, is the greatest legal document ever written. The ACRU stands against harmful, anti-Constitutional ideologies that have taken hold in our nation’s courts, law schools and bureaucracies. While others promote entitlements and license in the name of “liberties” and “identity” politics, the ACRU defends the civil rights for all set forth at the American Founding.

As inheritors of this constitutional republic, we affirm:

  • That all people are created equal, endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  • That it is the purpose of government to secure our God-given rights, not to restrict them, nor to invent new rights.
  • That it is the purpose of the judiciary to interpret the U.S. Constitution, not to make a selective interpretation, nor to legislate, nor to repeal clauses deemed inappropriate.
  • That the free exercise of religion, the right of private organizations to associate freely, the right to free speech, and the right to keep and bear arms are essential civil rights to be protected, not undermined, by the judiciary.