ACLU Sides With Trump, Sort Of
Don't Be Fooled
Don’t be fooled into thinking that the American Civil Liberties Union has returned to their original mission of protecting Americans and the Bill of Rights from overbearing, abusive Big Government. That idea seems almost quaint compared to what the ACLU morphed into about 30 years ago. With some minor exceptions, they have been ON the side of Big Government and AGAINST the individual, by turning the Bill of Rights upside down, often pitting one individual against another individual by siding with government oppression.*
LENDING AN AIR OF LEGITIMACY TO ONE KANGAROO COURT
On their website, the ACLU brags that they filed 400 legal actions against President Trump’s America-First policies. They don’t say how many were successful. By filing an amicus brief (AKA “friend of the court”) in United States vs Trump on October 25, 2023 the ACLU & the ACLU of D.C. claim to be trying to prevent infringement upon Trump’s First Amendment right to free speech. No, they are pretending that the DC’s court is handling a legitimate case. Their press release, which continues the incredibly damaging false narratives that Americans have been gaslighted with for seven years now, says it all:
“No modern-day president did more damage to civil liberties and civil rights than President Trump, but if we allow his free speech rights to be abridged, we know that other unpopular voices — even ones we agree with — will also be silenced,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “As much as we disagreed with Donald Trump’s policies, everyone is entitled to the same First Amendment protection against gag orders that are too broad and too vague.”
Seven years and counting: Every time someone claims that President Trump’s policies were ______ or that Trump is a ______ (fill in any negative adjective or noun you can think of), I wait patiently for one, JUST ONE, example thereof. So far, I am still waiting.
ACLU “OPPOSES” CHUTKAN’S GAG ORDER
In case you are losing track of the various unconstitutional charges filed in various jurisdictions designed to keep Trump from returning to the Oval Office, this case is the Jack Smith case in the DC District Court, which has a judge who used to be Hunter Biden’s law partner. SEE BELOW
The ACLU and its Washington, D.C. affiliate argue in their amicus brief that the gag order sweeps too broadly: “Much that Trump has said has been patently false and caused great harm to countless individuals, and to the Republic itself. Some of his words and actions even led him to the criminal indictment in this case, which alleges grave wrongdoing in contempt of the peaceful transition of power.” But, according to the “brave” ACLU, Trump retains a First Amendment right to speak, and Americans have a right to hear his speech. Well, thank you very much for this statement of the obvious, ACLU!
This remark on their website is especially amusing: “To ensure that the court’s pursuit of the impartial administration of justice does not trench on Trump’s First Amendment right to speak, or the People’s First Amendment right to hear what he has to say, the district court’s October 17 gag order should be narrowed to cover only imminent threats that would impede a fair trial.” If the ACLU were truly interested in “the impartial administration of justice” they would file a brief demanding that the entire case be dismissed due to gross overreach, unethical behavior by both Jack Smith & the judge, interference by the Biden White House and failure to state a crime. This case has one goal, and one goal only: to keep God’s Miracle, Donald J. Trump, from returning to the Oval Office.
