Christian Group asks Congress to Investigate ACLU for Frivolous, Dangerous Lawsuits
Posted on August 5, 2005
Yesterday the ACLU announced that they would be suing the city of New York for violating the rights of American citizens who use the public subways because they are subject to random searches. Whether you agree or disagree with the random searches, we all know they are intended for our security in a dangerous time. They are intended as a plan to thwart terrorists and protect Americans from harm.
Don Swarthout, President, Christians Reviving America’s Values, is releasing the following response:
“If the ACLU wins this battle in court they will receive a very large financial boost as they have from similar ‘victories’ in San Diego, Alabama and Virginia. When the ACLU wins their attorneys are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by tax-payers.
“The never ceasing flow of litigation against cities, states, and the federal government is nothing more than fund-raising stunts. Many of the ACLU’s victories come not because their complaint is just, but because the municipality budget is inadequate to match the abusive onslaught.
“In New York, apparently the ACLU believes these searches are unconstitutional because they are random. Although the ACLU has also called metal detectors in airports an invasion of privacy. There is no pleasing the ACLU, because improving society or protecting the rights of American citizens is no longer its goal.
“Now the ACLU is coming against the Constitutional duty of the United States government which requires the protection of citizens. What is in question here is the definition of freedom. Freedom comes with responsibility. The ACLU has become an anti-Christian, pro-terrorist, entity whose only goal is to get the headlines to keep donations rolling in.
“The ACLU’s abuse of the legal system is criminal. For that reason Christians Reviving America’s Values is drafting a letter asking the US Congress to investigate the ACLU for widespread use of frivolous lawsuits. In the case of the New York lawsuit, the ACLU’s actions may also be dangerous to the citizens of New York City.”Source
I called Mr. Swarthout on the phone and I have full permission to reprint his statement here. He said he has come across our site when he was doing research a few times, and that he really appreciates what we are doing. Mr. Swarthout, we really appreciate what you are doing too. If people don’t wake up, this trojan horse named the ACLU may just destroy us from within. They consistently defend our enemies, and fight against our efforts to fight them. ACLU, root for the good guys for a change!
We wish Mr. Swarthout the best of luck in this letter to Congress. We hope it is successful, and that Congress will listen. And for those who want to defend the ACLU on this action…just remember…and if they are successful, and one day these terrorists blow up a few thousand in a subway, you will be able to thank the ACLU.
Sign The Petition To Get The ACLU Off The Taxpayer’s Dole
By the way, I’ve been given the keys to The Museum of Left Wing Lunacy where I crossposted this. Also crossposted at Conservative Angst
Political Teen also wonders if its safe to say the ACLU is pro-terror.
Thanks to Indepundit, Outside The Beltway and Mudville Gazette and Wizbang
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Great post Jay - hopefully Mr. Swarthout and his group will be successful in their efforts.
I found this blog searching for the ACLU of NY on Google and I had to comment. I am so sick and tired of the ACLU suing the government every other day. This is a waste of taxpayer dollars and I can’t believe that the courts allow this.
When I heard about the ACLU suing the government so that American lawyers could be used at GITMO by terrorists at taxpayer expense, I thought, you have got to be kidding, then they won.
Then I heard that the ACLU is suing for the release of (abuse) photos from Abu Ghraib because the “American public and the rest of the world deserves to know what is being done”, I thought, is that really fair, even under the FOIA?
Since when does the FOIA apply to the military during wartime?
How come the ACLU is not suing for the release and showing of beheadings and burnt bodies in Iraq? I think it’s because the showing of Americans being abused in any way might bring the country closer together with this war and that would mean the ACLU loses the anti-American base for their support.
It’s amazing that the American Civil Liberties Union is for everyone BUT Americans. I wonder which anti-American group complained to the ACLU to get this lawsuit started, or if they just decided to do this one on their own.
It seems like the ACLU, had it acted like this during WW2, would have been dismantled and it’s leaders charged with treason. But America will probably never use the treason law against such organizations because they will say that freedom includes being free to aid the enemy.
I apologize for the long post.
gitardude - you’re right on the money. Thanks for commenting (it was a good rant).
Thanks Kathy. I’m a conservative musician, which seems to be rare.
Great post Jay!
“How come the ACLU is not suing for the release and showing of beheadings and burnt bodies in Iraq? I think it’s because the showing of Americans being abused in any way might bring the country closer together with this war and that would mean the ACLU loses the anti-American base for their support.”
I believe if you look at the numbers, you’d find that seeing American soldiers getting hurt, killed, or mutilated definitely does not help with support for war. I think Vietnam soundly proved that. Moreoever, there is no ban against showing the brutality of war. It’s just that no one with good taste wants to see it or show it.
9/11 was different. Death is definitely death, but civilian death is always more sickening.
“It’s amazing that the American Civil Liberties Union is for everyone BUT Americans. I wonder which anti-American group complained to the ACLU to get this lawsuit started, or if they just decided to do this one on their own.”
This lawsuit was actually instigated by these people (individuals):
http://www.nyclu.org/mta_searches_suit_plaintiffs_080405.html
Obviously the NYCLU was looking for plantiffs, but they wouldn’t have a hard time finding them in NYC. There’s a long history of mistrust of law enforcement in this city that makes claims of “random search” tenuous.
My question is, why are people so cool with “random” search? What’s really irksome is that these searches shouldn’t be random at all: they should be completely targeted. I can tell you that it isn’t 6′5″ blond-haired, blue-eyed guys who fall into the bombing demo, you know?
Laurence, it seems that we agree to some extent. However, you wrote:
“Moreoever, there is no ban against showing the brutality of war. It’s just that no one with good taste wants to see it or show it.”
These media outlets that think it’s bad taste to show brutality aganst Americans are the same ones who trip over themselves to be the first to show abuses against our enemies. \
I’d bet the farm on: If Americans were beheading terrorists on video, the MSM would show it with some disclaimers before hand in case kids were in front of the TV.
And even if you think that’s far fetched, I’d bet that the ACLU would sue for the release of such video or photo’s because, as Anthony Romero has stated in the past, “These images may be ugly and shocking … (but) the American public deserves to know what is being done in our name.”
So I don’t see the difference.
As far as 9/11 is concerned, when is the last time you saw images from that tragic day on television. The president can’t even mention 9/11 without being accused of “using” it for the war effort. Where is the logic behind that? 9/11 is the reason we are at war.
I know people will say: “Well, Iraq never attacked us.”
Well, Germany never attacked us either.
“I know people will say: ‘Well, Iraq never attacked us.’
Well, Germany never attacked us either.”
Equating Germany and Iraq puts an extremely low threshold on what you think is a tenable conflict for us to enter, don’t you think? I’m not saying that Saddam Hussien was a saint or anything, but there are plenty of people who are genocidal leaders alive and ruling today who we don’t mess with. So that cannot be our justification.
“These media outlets that think it’s bad taste to show brutality aganst Americans are the same ones who trip over themselves to be the first to show abuses against our enemies.”
I believe it’s because we, as a country, hold the moral highground. Or, at least, we believe that we hold the moral highground. The way you continue to hold the moral highground is not be hiding away the truth (the way that dictators and genocidal maniacs do) — it’s by having an open and free society.
If I may use an analogy to further illustrate my point: many people determine the value of their car not just by the way it looks to the outside, but by how it actually works on the inside (e.g. does it work well, is the mileage low, does it have a knock, etc.). A shiester car salesman polishes up the lemon with a nice coat of wax, vacuums the interior, and then gladly sells you a car that you’d be lucky to get off of the lot. So, in that sense, I believe that the MSM (as you’re calling it) thinks that it’s their job to ensure that we’re being honest with ourselves about what our country actually is.
Okay, so on that last part, there’s going to be a lot of disagreement (i.e. what “being honest” actually means). That’s good because we can disagree in a democracy without having to kill each other in order to work it out. That’s why there are THREE whole 24/7 news networks out there.
Anyway, back to beheading . . . No one expects any better of a Islamofacist terrorist. That group of people have no moral highground in our country: they’re clearly full of it. That said, we do think of ourselves as being good. And sometimes, you need to work through your badness in public so that you can continue to be good. No Arab country can call us hypocrites on human rights seriously (even if we do crappy things to people at Gitmo) — mainly because of that openness. It may be embarassing for a while, but it’s nothing compared to public beheading’s in Saudi Arabia, or religious police in Iran (and the list goes on and on).
Sorry for the length, but I think America is great — it’s even great when it’s beating itself up because that’s what it was designed to do. Our system is that strong.
“Well, Germany never attacked us either.”
I think they sunk some of our ships.
Thanks Jay & Gribitt, I really appreciate your help.
In WW II, Nazi Germany & Japan were allies, the plan was for the Japanese to keep us busy so that Hilter can solidify his position in Europe & they both or either one, but it looks like both wanted America, conquers America. So an attack by Japan was an attack by Germany, as they were a collalition.
Gitardude, more power to you. Keep being strong, I know it’s not easy, but it’s worth it
Pay no attention to Volokh, hes just another typical left wing nutcase. He knows how to blow off bullcrap that on the surface to the gullable dolts near him seem to make sense. He plays with their emotions like any other Liberal, and they fall for it in lockstep. He can say all he wants about how wonderful the ACLU is in him mind, but people are waking up to the truth, and we are beginning to fight back and eliminate the cancer from within. For those os us who are in the know and have done our research, and understand the law, understand the Bill of Rights, and understand the Constitution as they were written, we can see the obvious errors in his thinking. The ACLU is wrong for America. They consistently violate the most basic prinicple of the Bill of Rights, and one that the writers struggled with for a very long time. How to uphold an individuals rights wheither they are in a minority or a majority without violating the rights of anyone else. The answer, although on the surface seems impossible and complex, is and was quite simple. If everyone exercises their rights as given, and no one attempts to use their rights against anothers rights, no ones rights will be violated. This, fundamentally, is what the ACLU and most Liberals simply do not understand. Unfortunately, many of them have been appointed to positions of power behind a bench.
“Pay no attention to Volokh, hes just another typical left wing nutcase.”
The one favor volokh may have done for us all is expose the thoughtful right wing blogs — such as volokh, to the idiocy on display here. They must be hanging their heads in shame.
Thanks NYgirl.
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