Re:Why We’re Suing to Protect Right of Incarcerated People t...
by JasonZ2 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:31PM
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> “The ACLU has been this nation’s leading defender of free speech for more than a century. We firmly believe that states cannot compel artists or anyone else to express messages with which they disagree. But[...]”
> Writing in the Wall Street Journal on June 20, Kaminer notes that a recent internal ACLU memo on “case-selection guidelines” explicitly says that the cases the organization takes up may be influenced by “the extent to which the speech may assist in advancing the goals of white supremacists or others whose views are contrary to our values.” As Kaminer notes, “factors like the potential effect of the speech on ‘marginalized communities’ and even on ‘the ACLU’s credibility’ could militate against taking a case.”
I very much doubt the current ACLU would entertain another Skokie case:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/opinion/303creative-first...
> Writing in the Wall Street Journal on June 20, Kaminer notes that a recent internal ACLU memo on “case-selection guidelines” explicitly says that the cases the organization takes up may be influenced by “the extent to which the speech may assist in advancing the goals of white supremacists or others whose views are contrary to our values.” As Kaminer notes, “factors like the potential effect of the speech on ‘marginalized communities’ and even on ‘the ACLU’s credibility’ could militate against taking a case.”
I very much doubt the current ACLU would entertain another Skokie case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am...