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ACLU TODAY

This paper examines the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The examination focuses on the following issues:

Organizational identification (what the organization does and why it exists)

Organizational financing (the sources of funding for the organization)

Organizational motivation (the drivers of the organization's activities)

Organizational involvement in court actions (types of cases and specific cases pursued by the organization)

The ACLU was for in 1920 to launch an effort to roll back governmental restrictions on constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in the United States and to deter future governmental efforts to curb civil liberties (American Civil Liberties Union 1-5).

The ACLU pursues cases in relation to all aspects of civil liberties. In most instances, however, the cases pursued by the ACLU involve direct challenges to actions that the organization considers to be unconstitutional (American Civil Liberties Union 1-4).

The ACLU's mission is to fight civil liberties violations wherever and whenever they occur. Most of our clients are ordinary people whoƔhave experienced an injustice and have decided to fight back. The ACLU is also active in our national and state capitals, fighting to ensure that the Bill of Rights will always be more than a "parchment barrier" against government oppression and the tyranny of the majority. (American Civil Liberties Union 2)

The great majority of the funds that support the ACLU derive directly from the dues paid by the organization's approximately 400,000 members. A minority proportion of the funding for the organization comes from grants provided by private organizations. None of the funding for the ACLU derives from government or any form of taxation (American Civil Liberties Union 3-4).

The motivation for the activities of the ACLU is the desire of the organization's membership to preserve the civil liberties enshrined in the United States Constitu...

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ACLU TODAY. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 04:45, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1706659.html