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It's a lot more than gossip. Ira Glasser (founder of the ACLU for those who are not rayiner) says the organization is at risk of losing its way for exactly thi
by nate_meurer 5y ago
It's a lot more than gossip. Ira Glasser (founder of the ACLU for those who are not rayiner) says the organization is at risk of losing its way for exactly this reason:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/14/the-aclu-would-not-take-the-skokie-case-today/ https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/14/the-aclu-would-not-...
- tptacek 5y agoIra Glasser wasn't even alive when the ACLU was founded.
- nate_meurer 5y agoShit. My reading comprehension sometimes... Well, that guy did say that, whoever he is.
- rayiner 5y agoIt goes deeper. I’m talking about younger staff at public interest law firms rebelling against representing organizational clients squarely within the ambit of their public interest mission, because of the client’s positions on unrelated issues. Much to the consternation of stoutly liberal attorneys of the previous generation. It’s bad. Professionals inserting their personal political views into their jobs is destroying public faith in other professions. We can’t risk the legal profession coming to be seen as yet another way for the liberal elite to tilt the very systems of society in favor of their political ideology.
- tptacek 5y agoIs your suggestion here that the legal profession has historically done a good job of keeping personal political views out of the practice of law?
- nate_meurer 5y agoRegarding the ACLU specifically, that's been my impression in the past. For example, their defense of Westoboro Baptist Church during the Bush era.