Alleging Unconstitutional Targeting, ACORN Sues U.S. Gov't Over Defunding Vote

Friday, November 13, 2009 :The anti-poverty group ACORN has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government that accuses Congress of punitively targeting the organization. In September the Senate and the House voted on legislation to strip ACORN of federal funding following the release of a video in which employees of ACORN were secretly recorded giving tax advice to two conservative activists dressed up as a pimp and a prostitute. ACORN has long been a target of right-wing scorn for its work helping poor people fight foreclosures, fix tax problems, and register to vote. We speak with Bill Quigley, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who filed the lawsuit on ACORN's behalf.