Why does the ACLU only defend those civil liberties that it deems worthy of defense?
The ACLU fervently defends first amendment protection (unless the issue is government control of talk radio or campaign finance), fourth amendment protections, but ignores the second amendment completely and has never brought a suit based on the fifth amendment takings clause.
Are some civil liberties more important than others? If so, who decides? The ACLU?
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Because the ACLU is merely an arm of the Democratic party to push their socialist agenda. When the ACLU began, the founders were committed to furthering their socialist agenda and turning the United States into a socialist country. One of the founders was quoted as stating that Americans would not allow a socialist agenda to move forward but if they disguised it and labeled it as liberalism, America would buy into it without knowing it was really socialism. The quote is obviously not exact but it was something to this effect. So the ACLU continues this today, furthering the agenda of socialist regime.
Because they're allowed to take any case they choose. Besides, what you've asserted isn't actually true, they've worked with the NRA in Second Amendment cases several times now.
It's a private organization made up of people who generally agree with each other about what is important and what is not. So they get to pick what they are going to defend.
You can too.
So can the NRA--why do they only defend the 2nd and 4th amendment and completely ignore the 13th? Because it is what interests them.
Let's face it, the ACLU can't take every case presented to it. They would need thousands of lawyers and researchers. For a mostly volunteer entity they do great work.
Where are the advocates of the 10th Amendment?
Federal question cases are stupendously expensive to
litigate. Since the ALCU has a fixed budget, they must choose those cases which will do the most good while at the
same time have a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on the merits.
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