Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Acorn

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NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a decision that had barred Congress from withholding funds from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes.

The ruling by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reversed a decision by a district court judge in Brooklyn that found Congress had violated the group's rights by punishing it without a trial.

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Acorn

Congress cut off ACORN's federal funding last year in response to allegatio...

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