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ACLU Gearing Up For War With The Trump Administration

They're letting the bombs fly.

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Businessman knight suit fight war[I]f we carpet-bomb the Trump administration with lawsuits, we can rob it of momentum and gum up the machinery of its anti-civil liberties and anti-civil rights agenda. This litigation is expensive and time-consuming. The average case takes between two and three years, with some lasting a decade or more. As we ramp up our litigation and advocacy, we need to have the staying power to keep up after President Trump all four years and beyond.

— Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director, detailing the organization’s plans over the next four years. They are also putting the recent deluge of donations to good use, hiring attorneys and staff in their national office, strengthening state offices, and creating a grassroots campaign to keep those donating involved in the resistance.

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