Re: Anyone here read Culture Warrior?
Quote Plainsman
And as taxpayers, when the federal or local government pay these fees, it is OUR money paying them.
This was at the first link that you provided me. Click on about the ACLU tab. I put the relevant part in bold print.
The ACLU is supported by annual dues and contributions from its members, plus grants from private foundations and individuals.
We do not receive any government funding.
http://www.aclu.org/about/index.html
The other two links that you provide are calling for the overturning of lawyer fees when the Local/state/federal, governments loose their cases. Are you against civil lawsuits?
Other than them taking loosing cases to trail, what Taxpayer money is involved? Seems to me that the Governments involved should look at past precedents a bit closer, rather than waste taxpayer money like that.
If I was a betting man I would bet a dollar to a donut that the local
(Politicians/district Attorneys) knew that they had a loosing case when they went to trail, rather than have the label put on them that they were soft on
(crime or, what ever) and taking a chance on loosing there next election, they chose to go ahead with what they knew was a loosing cases to trail, knowing that the chances of winning was practically nil.
The ACLU isnt taking the money; it is the politicians that are throwing it away. Here are a few more ACLU case you might comment on, I doubt if I will here a peep about them.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh probably never expected the American Civil Liberties Union to become one of his staunch supporters.
Monday, January 12, 2004
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans
But the privacy rights group was on his side Monday when its Florida branch filed a "friend-of-court" motion on behalf of Limbaugh arguing state officials were wrong in seizing his medical records for their drug probe.
Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:46 AM CDT
NATCHITOCHES, La. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of a man who was chased away from the front of a Wal-Mart store when he tried to protest what he believes is the company's stand on gays.
A Natchitoches police officer told Edwin Crayton to leave on or about Oct. 4 after he stood in front of Wal-Mart with a protest sign that read, "Christians: Wal-Mart Supports Gay Lifestyles And Marriage. Don't Shop There," according to a news release from the ACLU.
Crayton was told he could not return until he obtained permits from the police and the mayor, said Joe Cook, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana.
"Government violates the principles in the First Amendment when it puts an over-broad permit scheme in place to restrain free speech in a public place," Cook said. "The sweep of the ordinance is so wide that it could encompass a chance meeting on the street corner by two strangers." ..
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/10/28/ap-state-ar/d8l18u7o1.txt
