1.1 "Interest Groups - ACLU"

1. What exactly does the ACLU advocate for?

            The ACLU advocates to defend protester’s rights, always defending the right to free speech even for groups such as white nationalists.

2. How did the ACLU get involved in Charlottesville?

            The ACLU defended the rights of the protesters in Charlottesville like when the city tries to revoke the protest permit of one of the rally organizes.

3. Why have liberals increasingly backed the ACLU in the last year?

            With the rise of Donald Trump, liberals have increasingly backed the ACLU because organization vowed to hold the administration accountable in court.

4. What argument does the ACLU make about governments and free speech?

            The ACLU argues that free speech rights must be universal and defends the right of free speech for all groups, even those it disagrees with. The group members believe that standing up for free speech is necessary for civil rights.

5. What does the article argue is the danger in allowing free speech of white nationalists?

            The article argues that the danger in allowing free speech of white nationalists is that it legitimizes their racist views.

6. Under what circumstance did the ACLU first start defending the free speech rights of hate groups?

            The ACLU first began defending hate groups in the 1970s, when it defended a neo-Nazi group’s right to march through the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois. The case, National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, went all the way up to the Supreme Court, with the court ultimately ruling in favor of the ACLU and neo-Nazi marchers.

7. Why is the ACLU's defense of Milo Yiannopoulos so controversial?

             It is so controversial because he had targeted so many groups including Muslims, LGBTQ people, and immigrants with hateful language for years.