Professor @DavidColeACLU, Legal Director at @ACLU, returns to #GeorgetownLaw today to speak to students of the @GeorgetownACLU chapter. Follow this thread for updates.
The #ACLU gained 330,000 new members during the weekend following @POTUS 1st #travelban.
"We almost doubled our membership in one weekend because we followed through on our promise that we'd take action," says @DavidColeACLU, recalling popular tweet "We'll see you in court."
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"The courts have stood up, in many respects, to the measures that the
#TrumpAdministration have pushed." 90% of challenges to administration have been successful, says@DavidColeACLU.@GeorgetownACLUShow this thread -
"One of the critical reasons that this country went from on par with Europe, to being the world's leader in per capita incarceration is because of prosecutors being reflexively tough on crime." -
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@DavidColeACLU: 10 yrs from now we can look back on this time, and see 2 possible narratives: 1) One is oh my god, that was the beginning of an incredible decline. or 2) We saw a profound threat to our country, but Americans stood up in defense of the values we hold most dear.Show this thread -
"What story is told will depend on us & the extent to which we sit back and don't engage. OR step up & join together in the struggle for liberty. At the end of the day, that's the only option."-
@DavidColeACLU speaking to#GeorgetownLaw students at event sponsored@GeorgetownACLUShow this thread
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