Spigot Of Federal Dollars To ACORN To Be Turned Back On Courtesy Of Obama Justice Dept

Just in time for Christmas, ACORN, “the anti-poverty group” as The New York Times calls them, will be paid for “services provided”:

The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration can lawfully pay the community group Acorn for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group.

The department’s conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, adds a new wrinkle to a sharp political debate over the antipoverty group’s activities and recent efforts to distance the government from it.

If you read the memorandum and need a little  help with the legalese, Plubius at Big Government can help with that:

It should be noted that the ACORN funding ban is included within the current Continuing Resolution, a legislative vehicle to fund government operations until a full budget is enacted. Without the CR, no federal funds could be expended by any agency. Under the current CR, ACORN is prohibited from receiving federal funds. Justice is arguing that some existing contracts entered into the executive branch officials–which haven’t been disclosed to the public–supercede the Congressional legislation. But only Congress can dictate how funds are spent.

The ruling seems to be an interpretation in search of a loophole. Worse, it seems the Justice Department is trying to find a way to allow ACORN to continue receiving government funds, rather than a dispassionate analysis of the funding ban passed by Congress.

Not surprising at all, considering.

So I guess ACORN WILL be gettin’ sumpin’ for Christmas, even though they’ve  been nothing but baaaad.

Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.