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Card Carrying Member of the ACLU
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in ACLU on November 30th, 2001
I have been a “card carrying member” of the ACLU since 1967 and a Goldwater Republican since 1964. I?ve always considered those affiliations entirely consistent, and I wrote my book because I got tired of…
Continue reading...Principled
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in ACLU on November 30th, 1999
Most of us profess to admire people of principle, but that admiration is often distressingly abstract. In real life, people who stand on principle are likely to find that they have stepped into the line of everyone?s fire.
Continue reading...It’s A Crummy Job, But Someone Has To Do It
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in ACLU on June 9th, 1999
I have a dirty little secret. Several, actually. I think school uniforms are a good idea. I think child molesters should be locked up for life, not merely put on a registry. So what in the world am I doing at the..
Continue reading...No Remedy for Taxpayers
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in ACLU on November 30th, 1998
“The result of this ruling is to deprive taxpayers of a remedy for legislative misconduct which costs each of us real money.” As Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, I am constantly explaining that a relatively small percentage of our cases account for…
Continue reading...Take This Quiz
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in ACLU on May 3rd, 1997
This is a pop quiz. What organization brought the following lawsuits?
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