Isn the ACLU a left-wing organization?
No! In fact, the ACLU is in many ways our nation’s most conservative organization. Because our job is to conserve America’s original civic values – the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Historically, we have agreed with conservatives on some issues and with liberals on others. For example, we worked with the National Rifle Association to defeat a proposal by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that would expand wiretapping authority. In Utah, the ACLU teamed with Phyllis Schafly to defeat a proposal for a “smart card” that would have carried information on everything from a person’s shoe size to their medical history. The ACLU also filed a brief on the right of Oliver North not to incriminate himself when he testified before a congressional committee.
