There’s very little good news for constitutional and small government advocates today, but this is an exception. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reinstated the ban on federal funding for corrupt, radical leftist organization ACORN.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued a stay on the December 2009 injunction by Clinton-appointed Judge Nina Gershon that declared the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) funding ban was unconstitutional.

The result of the stay is that the Congressional funding ban will go back into effect, and ACORN will not receive taxpayer dollars while the court reviews the case.

“I applaud the Court of Appeals for immediately addressing the effects of Judge Gershon’s attempt to legislate from the bench,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “Today’s action immediately restores the congressionally mandated ban on funding ACORN and its affiliates as a result of their criminal conduct and wasting of taxpayer dollars. Congress does have the constitutional right to deny an organization the benefit of taxpayer dollars.”

The argument that the constitution protects the right of public funding for a private, partisan organization is ridiculous.

The US Constitution, at least the one existing in this reality, doesn’t prevent Congress from revoking public funding from a corrupt, private organization. Judge Gershon’s decision was nothing more than partisan politics. She was hoping to protect the cash flow for fellow leftists.

Hopefully the Second Circuit will agree in the long-term. If not, on to the next stage of appeal.