If the ACLU loses it's commitment to its principles in favor of it's politics, it will eventually lose its credibility and mark the end of the ACLU as a defende

If the ACLU loses it's commitment to its principles in favor of it's politics, it will eventually lose its credibility and mark the end of the ACLU as a defender of rights, rather than a promoter of policy. This could mark the end of the ACLU as we know it.