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I'm glad the ACLU is taking this on, but if Ahmad was a Trump supporting redneck from West Virginia who refused to be an informant in an investigation of the Ja
by JPKab 6y ago
I'm glad the ACLU is taking this on, but if Ahmad was a Trump supporting redneck from West Virginia who refused to be an informant in an investigation of the January 6th riot, they wouldn't touch it. And that's a big problem, because the old ACLU didn't care how unpopular and disgusting the client was. They cared that abuse of power against the unpopular is an inevitable slippery slope towards abuse of power against all citizens.
- adamcstephens 6y agoI agree the ACLU lost its way, but disagree that the FBI would act like this with a redneck in WV.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>but disagree that the FBI would act like this with a redneck in WV. The only thing stopping them is that there's probably a few grey beards who remember the media hell they got for the Texas BBQ
- bsder 6y ago> They cared that abuse of power against the unpopular is an inevitable slippery slope towards abuse of power against all citizens. They also have to care about having a case that will win and not lose and set bad precedent. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court is stacked against them and they have to have cases that will provoke public outrage if it goes the wrong way to prevent the court from going too far off track. Having sympathetic defendants is unfortunately something required for right now. There is a reason why you know about Rosa Parks and not Claudette Colvin.