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The American Civil Liberties Union, as a champion of civil liberties, is dead.
With the Kavanaugh nomination process, the ACLU when completely insane.
Then the ACLU came out against due process.
They need to rename it the "American Anti-Civil Liberties Union.".
It follows a well established MO of the left:
1. Identify a respected American institution.
2. Kill it.
3. Gut it.
4. Wear it's skin while demanding respect.
American Civil Liberties Union, RIP - Volokh Conspiracy : Reason.com
Since the George W. Bush administration, the ACLU's dedication to its traditional civil libertarian mission has waned ever further. With the election of Donald Trump, its membership rolls have grown to almost two million, almost all of them liberal politically, few of whom are devoted to civil liberties as such. Meanwhile, the left in general has become less interested in, and in some cases opposed to, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the rights of the accused.
With the Kavanaugh nomination process, the ACLU when completely insane.
the ACLU ran an anti-Brett Kavanaugh video ad that relied entirely on something that no committed civil libertarian would countenance, guilt by association. And not just guilt by association, but guilt by association with individuals that Kavanaugh wasn't actually associated with in any way, except that they were all men who like Kavanaugh had been accused of serious sexual misconduct.
Then the ACLU came out against due process.
The Department of Education released a proposed new Title IX regulation that provides for due process rights for accused students that had been prohibited by Obama-era guidance. Shockingly, even to those of us who have followed the ACLU's long, slow decline, the ACLU tweeted in reponse that the proposed regulation "promotes an unfair process, inappropriately favoring the accused." Even longtime ACLU critics are choking on the ACLU, of all organizations, claiming that due proess protections "inappropriately favor the accused."
They need to rename it the "American Anti-Civil Liberties Union.".
It follows a well established MO of the left:
1. Identify a respected American institution.
2. Kill it.
3. Gut it.
4. Wear it's skin while demanding respect.
American Civil Liberties Union, RIP - Volokh Conspiracy : Reason.com