American Civil Liberties Union

noun

1. an organization founded in 1920 to defend the civil rights of all U.S. citizens. : ACLU, A.C.L.U.

American Civil Liberties Union

1. An organization founded in 1920 in the wake of the red scare to defend civil liberties . The ACLU has often defended the rights of individuals aligned with unpopular causes, including American communists and Nazis .

Example Sentences

But as the American Civil Liberties Union put it, “This legislation would have granted the Secretary of Treasury the unilateral power to investigate and effectively shut down any tax-exempt organization—including news outlets, universities, and civil society groups—by stripping them of their tax-exempt status based on an unilateral accusation of wrongdoing.”

From Slate

In 1967, Java joined the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit challenging her arrest by Los Angeles police for performing in drag without a permit, a violation of what was then known as Rule No. 9, a local cross-dressing ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government on Monday, demanding information on how expedited deportations would take place.

From New York Times

The American Civil Liberties Union didn’t get its biggest boost until the days after Trump’s Muslim ban took effect in January 2017, during which it took in a staggering $24 million in online donations, mostly from first-time donors—nearly seven times the amount it raised online in all of 2015.

From Slate

The American Civil Liberties Union reports that “Defendants of color make up the majority of federal death row and the majority of modern federal executions. Furthermore, modern Attorneys General seek the death penalty at far higher rates if the victim is White, and White federal defendants are far more likely to have their death charges reduced to life sentences through plea bargaining.”

From Slate