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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation and lobbying. The ACLU has 1,000,000 members and an annual budget of over $100 million. Wikipedia*

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American Civil Liberties Union has hosted 48 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1961 Vignette. The year with the most events was 2006 with five events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2009 with an average of 1,663 views per video. Most appearances with Steven R. Shapiro (9), Anthony D. Romero (7), Hilary O. Shelton (4). Most common tags: Civil Rights, Constitution, Supreme Court Issues.

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