ACLU Goals

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In this article, the writer notes that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation. The writer maintains that by the very virtue of its long held traditions it might be tempting for its general communications to eliminate basic information about its goals and objectives, yet, within its web presence is a demonstrative mission, that explains its goals and objectives. The writer points out that the ACLU wishes to uphold the constitutional Bill of Rights and extend these rights to historically disenfranchised peoples. The writer discusses that its goals are clearly set by outlining the basic rights of the constitution and its objectives are to go about doing this in a manner that reflects these rights upon every individual American, as well as all people that America comes into contact with.

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"The objectives of the ACLU are then applied to specific issues, according to the perceived needs of the issue itself and what the historical best practices are for achieving successful change for any given issue. The application of objectives can be very broad to very specific based on historical best practices according to the ACLU and other civil rights movements. If for instance a goal is to reduce the infringement of the constitutional rights of a single individual, who was transgressed against, the legal means might be used as a logical objective, while other goals, such as decreasing the utilization of the US sponsorship of torture and or rights infringement in the rest of the world, the call is to inform the public of the problem and then allow members and individuals in the organization to write congressmen and utilize the press to broaden concern for the problem. Though all of the tertiary objectives may be used in every case the focus is on what has worked best in any given similar case in the past."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "ACLU: About the ACLU" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 from: http://www.aclu.org/about/index.html
• "ACLU: Homepage" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 from: http://www.aclu.org/
• "ACLU: Death Penalty" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 from: http://www.aclu.org/capital/general/index.html
• "ACLU: Success Stories" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 from: http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AP_success_feedback_main
• Chambers, D.E. & Wedel, K. R. (2005) Social Policy and Social Programs: A Method for the Practical Public Policy Analyst, fourth Ed. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

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