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ACLU Interest group
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ACLU Interest Group
by Adam Fayed
History
ACLU
Founded in 1920, their stated mission is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” The ACLU formed during the first Red Scare that followed World War I and Russia’s communist revolution. Over the years, the ACLU has taken a number of controversial stands for free speech. In 1978, for instance, they defended a Nazi group that wanted to march through a Chicago suburb with many Holocaust survivors.
Purpose
Purpose
The ACLU, or American Civil Liberties Union, is a nonprofit legal organization whose goal is to protect the constitutional rights of Americans through litigation and lobbying. Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike. It is also a public interest group and I know this because they are one of the largest public interest groups.
Purpose
Purpose
The ACLU, or American Civil Liberties Union, is a nonprofit legal organization whose goal is to protect the constitutional rights of Americans through litigation and lobbying. Officially nonpartisan, the organization has been supported and criticized by liberal and conservative organizations alike. It is also a public interest group and I know this because they are one of the largest public interest groups.
Structure
Structure
The ACLU has two main governing bodies: the National Board of Directors and the National Advisory Council. The other two major components are the Affiliates and the Biennial Conference. The ACLU is nonprofit and nonpartisan. They do not receive any government funding. Member dues as well as contributions and grants from private foundations and individuals pay for the work they do. The national office is located in New York, NY. The ACLU has 54 local offices across the U.S. working with attorneys and activists in their communities to shape better policies and spread awareness about their states' priority civil rights issues.
Activities
Activities
Current positions of the ACLU include opposing the death penalty; supporting same-sex marriage and the right of LGBT people to adopt; supporting reproductive rights such as birth control and abortion rights; eliminating discrimination against women, minorities, and LGBT people; decarceration in the United States. For more than 80 years, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has worked to defend fundamental rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the right to privacy. The efforts of ACLU attorneys have also influenced interpretations of U.S. Constitutional law. ACLU do not solicit grassroots support and they do not make contributions to candidates. The ACLU protects every person's private decisions about what to believe and say, if and how to worship, who to love, and when and whether or not to have children. We take on politicians and government officials who ignore the Constitution and put liberty at risk.
Position
In 2017, the organization challenged the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s controversial attempts to ban travel from several Muslim-majority nations. In the two-day period following Trump’s executive order, the ACLU received more than 350,000 online donations totaling roughly $24 million. The non-profit typically raises about $4 million a year online.