ACLU
The ACLU is the American Civil Liberties Union, which was run for its first 30 years by a American citizen named Roger Baldwin, who helped found it in 1920 in response to the Espionage Act and Sedition Act.
In a rare example of an ACLU chapter siding with a Christian student, the ACLU of Michigan defended a Christian student seeking to have a Biblical passage on the student's yearbook page.[1]
More typical of ACLU litigation was when attorneys on its side demanded over $2 million in legal fees and expenses in order to prohibit an elected school board from introducing public school students to concepts or books concerning Intelligent design. At the end of this case the trial judge simply copied more than 90% of the ACLU's brief for his ruling.[2] The judge then entered a judgment for $2,067,226.00 against the school board members for the legal fees and expenses of the ACLU's side. The judge also prohibited any mention of Intelligent design by teachers in the public school. The judge's order also prevented any appeal of his opinion in the case.
The judge relied heavily on the decision in Selman v. Cobb County Sch. Dist., 390 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (N.D. Ga. 2005). But that decision was later reversed on appeal in Selman v. Cobb County Sch. Dist., 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 13005 (11th Cir. May 25, 2006).
References
- ↑ http://www.aclu.org/studentsrights/expression/12845prs20040511.html
- ↑ http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3829&program=CSC%20-%20Views%20and%20News
External Links
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