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Taming Free Speech w/ Laura Weinrib

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The ACLU Clung to Principle, Not Principle

The NCLB and later the ACLU were willing to use whatever method they thought might work. They weren't successful in the courts, but they were willing to try. We have this sense that what distinguished the ACLU from other organizations was that it adhered to principle. It always defended the views of people it didn't like. In practice, it was exactly the opposite.

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