David Cole, the ACLU’s national legal director, rejects Powell’s thesis.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/21/greg-lukianoff-cancel-culture-00121817

In New Hampshire, there were approximately 25 criminal defamation cases filed between 2009 and 2017, according to the ACLU’s brief.

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-03-24/aclu-asks-us-supreme-court-to-review-nhs-criminal-defamation-statute

John Chrastka, who heads the national political action committee EveryLibrary, said he was thrilled when he realized the scope and implications of the Texas ACLU’s argument that book banning could violate federal anti-discrimination laws.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/01/13/are-book-bans-discrimination-biden-administration-to-test-new-legal-theory/

Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, called the ruling a “travesty for democracy.”

Source: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/11/20/federal-appeals-court-deals-blow-to-voting-rights-act-ruling-that-private-plaintiffs-cant-sue/

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU’s Georgia chapter are arguing the maps deny Black voters an equal opportunity to participate in the political process.

Source: https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2023/07/19/state-loses-court-bid-to-derail-redistricting-lawsuit/