ACLU's speech mess
by By Laura Weinrib, Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2017
3 minutes
The American Civil Liberties Union has been much scrutinized since its decision to represent white supremacists in their quest to march in Charlottesville, Va. Board members have resigned and allies have declared that the ACLU, at long last, has gone too far. In the aftermath, the ACLU of California issued an equivocal statement, endorsed by the national ACLU, clarifying that the First Amendment "does not protect people who incite or engage in violence" but reiterating the organization's complete support for "freedom of speech and expression."
Commentators have rightly
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