The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Founded in 1920
The ACLU is an organization working in U.S. courts, legislatures and communities to preserve the Constitution and laws of the United States. For example: 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education The ACLU, having joined the NAACP in the legal battle for equal education, celebrated a major victory when the Supreme Court declared that racially segregated schools were in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. 2001 to Present - Rolling back un-Constitutional expansions in Government The ACLU is working to restore fundamental freedoms lost as a result of post-9/11 expansions in the federal government's power to invade privacy, imprison people without due process, and punish dissent. Other cases and causes (a small sampling): 1925 - The Scopes Trial 1942 - Fighting the Internment of Japanese Americans 1973 - Reproductive Rights in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Free speech and the free press Equal treatment for lesbians and gay men Exposing U.S. government-sponsored torture Protecting the Right to Privacy See also http://vimeo.com/9190177 http://www.aclu.org
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