American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU is the American Civil Liberties Union. They are an organization dedicated to the protection of civil liberties of the people of the United States. They have been around for over nine decades. They work every day to protect the civil rights of all people. They fight issues such as terrorism, drugs, religious displays, immigration, abortion, and the death penalty. They are one of the most scrutinized organizations in the country. Many people The ACLU is a controversial organization that has been under public debate for quite some time. Some people think that they take advantage of the court system to free criminals by manipulating the Constitution. They have extreme agendas and will stop at nothing to protect those that they deem valuable…

officers, and a few hundred Special Operations military folk are all that's needed to deal with the terrorism threat” (Intelligence Gathering). In addition, opponents argue that the liberties of the American citizen are at constant stake due to the internet wiretapping. Julia Angwin, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, contends that the centers of intelligence have become “government dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime.… The agency has…

The union usually intervened on laws that impacted civil liberties. One of the biggest cases to represent traditional vs. secular was the case of Tennessee banning the teaching of evolution in institutions. John Scopes battled Tennessee with ACLU by his side. Scopes was a former biologist who became a high school teacher. Scopes wanted to teach his class the scientific theory, but was forbidden based on Tennessee law. ACLU and Scopes argued that this went against the 1st amendment. ACLU…

According to the American Civil Liberties Union “The Patriot Act increases the Government 's power to obtain information from wiretapping and surveillance.”(www.ACLU.org) The Patriot Act was developed to keep the citizens of America more safe from terrorist attacks. There is also a disadvantage of this Act because this an infringement of the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. The American Civil Liberties Union also…

old math and science teacher, were approached by George Rappleya and Fred Robinson. The American Civil Liberties Union was willing to cover the costs for any teacher willing to violate the Butler Act, the law in Tennessee which outlawed the practice of teaching evolution in schools. Rappleya and Robinson wanted Scopes to break the law both in protest and to put Dayton on the map of American media. After Scopes used a textbook that contained evolution, he was charged and his trial was set. Both…

Later, the American Civil Liberties Union (or ACLU) offers to pay court cost for anyone who is willing to test the Butler Act. “Fearful that if the Tennessee law went unchallenged other states would soon pass similar bills, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) immediately announced it would defend any teacher charged with violating the Butler Act.” says Bradbury. The ACLU was an organization which would try to figure out if laws were unconstitutional or not. On May 5, John Scopes, science…

decision and dismissed the Fry’s case. In October 2015, the Fry’s filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The Solicitor General wrote up a brief report to the U.S. Supreme Court recommending the case be examined. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case after the start of the next term which will start in October 2016. Legal Significance for the Special Educator: If the case were awarded to the Fry family, it could mean school districts would be required to allow service dogs to…

are the main characters whose attitudes and beliefs differ between mediums. Furthermore, Dayton, Tennessee is transformed into heavenly Hillsboro. Scopes himself expressed the filmmakers took many liberties with, “the facts of the real trial”. Before outlining the main concepts, similarities and differences, it is essential to take a step back to understand what was going on during the time and how those events impact the grand narrative. To start in Tennessee, an act is created to pass into…

During the 1920s, many events had taken place that have impacted American culture to this day. Some of these events include: the 1925 Scopes Trial, women’s suffrage and behavior, and the American film industry, too. The Scopes Trial brought about debates on evolution in schools, women’s rights are becoming more equal to those of men, and a revolution has begun in the American film industry. All of these events have had a lingering effect on how the American culture is today, and without them,…

A biography on George Rappleyea by Doug Linder quotes, “... but he saw his real chance to challenge the new law when, while sitting in his office at the coal yard, he spotted a story in that same paper. The story in the May 4th edition quoted an American Civil Liberties Union chairperson, Professor Charles Skinner, as saying the organization was “looking for a Tennessee teacher who is willing to accept our services in testing this law in the courts”,” Scientific American, in which there is an…