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At the national level, the ACLU consists of two legal entities: the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) social welfare group; and the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Both are non-profit organizations that engage in civil rights litigation, advocacy, and education. The two organizations are closely related, and share common ...
Albert DeSilver (August 27, 1888 – December 7, 1924) [1] was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).. DeSilver graduated from Yale in 1910, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, [1] and then earned a law degree at Columbia Law School (1913) (editor Columbia Law Review).
David D. Cole is the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).Before joining the ACLU in July 2016, [1] Cole was the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at the Georgetown University Law Center [2] from March 2014 [3] through December 2016. [1]
Nadine Strossen (born August 18, 1950) is an American legal scholar and civil liberties activist who served as the president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1991 to 2008. A liberal feminist, she was the first woman to lead the ACLU. [ 1 ]
Anthony D. Romero (born July 9, 1965) is an American lawyer who serves as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He assumed the position in 2001 as the first Latino and openly gay man to do so.
In an American Civil Liberties Union questionnaire then-Sen ... or state law enforcement to hold an individual up to 48 hours beyond their release time so ICE can take them into custody for ...
Deborah N. Archer is an American civil rights lawyer and law professor. She is Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law at New York University School of Law.She also directs and founded the Community Equity Initiative at NYU Law and directs the Law School's Civil Rights Clinic.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed legal challenges against former President Donald Trump 's administration more than 400 times during his time in the White House, helping to halt an array ...