American Civil Liberties Union Pros And Cons
The American Civil Liberties Union
Two Sides of the Same Coin The American Civil Liberties Union, commonly known as the ACLU, was founded in 1920 by Roger Nash Baldwin in defense of the Bill of Rights. Over the years, the American Civil Liberties Union has been involved in so many controversial cases, such as the Scopes Monkey Trial and for their defense of the American Nazis’ in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, that many people view them as anti-religious. Considered a left wing organization by many individuals, the mere mention of the American Civil Liberties Union stirs raw emotion. Does freedom of speech apply to all Americans or only the Americans that agree with the majority of the public? What freedoms would we have today if …show more content…
As Walker put it “The American Civil Liberties Union was a unique organization….In contrast, the American Civil Liberties Union adopted the policy of impartially defending civil liberties, including the principle of free speech, without reference to the content of that speech” This comes at a time when “the Supreme Court had soundly rejected all First Amendment claims.” (47) Far on the other side of the fence, Sears and Osten suggest that the America Civil Liberties Union has actually weakened America. “One of the great myths of the twentieth century…is that the American Civil Liberties Union started out as a good, pro-American….When we look closely at the ACLU’s roots, the evidence shows something else. From the very start, the American Civil Liberties Union wanted to destroy from within the America our founders intended, with the use of lawyers and the courts as the chief weapons.” (7)
Sears and Osten all but accuse the America Civil Liberties Union of waging war against America and its values with deception and corruption. …show more content…
in Klein 130). Ken Chowder and Jeff Berlin inform us that “Admirers say the ACLU is a watchdog that protects the rights given by the Constitution; detractors insist it has a warped view of what the Constitution says. No matter what you think of the ACLU, it is probably the most potent legal organization in America, with 275,000 members, taking on some 6,000 cases annually.” During the 1988 presidential campaign George Bush attached Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis, as being a “card carrying member of the ACLU”. Dukakis was in fact a member of the ACLU and Bushes strategy worked in labeling Dukakis as a liberal and soft on “unpopular ACLU causes”. (Walker
Two Sides of the Same Coin The American Civil Liberties Union, commonly known as the ACLU, was founded in 1920 by Roger Nash Baldwin in defense of the Bill of Rights. Over the years, the American Civil Liberties Union has been involved in so many controversial cases, such as the Scopes Monkey Trial and for their defense of the American Nazis’ in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, that many people view them as anti-religious. Considered a left wing organization by many individuals, the mere mention of the American Civil Liberties Union stirs raw emotion. Does freedom of speech apply to all Americans or only the Americans that agree with the majority of the public? What freedoms would we have today if …show more content…
As Walker put it “The American Civil Liberties Union was a unique organization….In contrast, the American Civil Liberties Union adopted the policy of impartially defending civil liberties, including the principle of free speech, without reference to the content of that speech” This comes at a time when “the Supreme Court had soundly rejected all First Amendment claims.” (47) Far on the other side of the fence, Sears and Osten suggest that the America Civil Liberties Union has actually weakened America. “One of the great myths of the twentieth century…is that the American Civil Liberties Union started out as a good, pro-American….When we look closely at the ACLU’s roots, the evidence shows something else. From the very start, the American Civil Liberties Union wanted to destroy from within the America our founders intended, with the use of lawyers and the courts as the chief weapons.” (7)
Sears and Osten all but accuse the America Civil Liberties Union of waging war against America and its values with deception and corruption. …show more content…
in Klein 130). Ken Chowder and Jeff Berlin inform us that “Admirers say the ACLU is a watchdog that protects the rights given by the Constitution; detractors insist it has a warped view of what the Constitution says. No matter what you think of the ACLU, it is probably the most potent legal organization in America, with 275,000 members, taking on some 6,000 cases annually.” During the 1988 presidential campaign George Bush attached Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis, as being a “card carrying member of the ACLU”. Dukakis was in fact a member of the ACLU and Bushes strategy worked in labeling Dukakis as a liberal and soft on “unpopular ACLU causes”. (Walker