You want evidence?
What is the vast majority of ACLU cases? Against government agencies, such as courts displaying religious symbols and schools.
What do government agencies have? Money, though tax payers and liability insurance.
When it comes to defending human rights and not making any money off the case, the aclu is mostly silent. Not always silent, but mostly silent.
Examples:
Life sentences for minor drug offenses.
State seizing property for minor drug offenses.
Defending death row inmates.
Prohibiting gun ownership after misdemeanor spousal abuse. How many rights are taken away after a misdemeanor crime.
The aclu will defend a womans right to abortion. But how many death row inmates does the aclu defend.
Damn it must suck to be so ignorant:
The ACLU consists of two separate non-profit organizations: the ACLU, and the ACLU Foundation. Both organizations engage in litigation, advocacy of civil rights, and education. The ACLU is a
501(c)(4) corporation which also engages in political
lobbying, and donations to that component of the ACLU are not tax deductible. The ACLU Foundation is a
501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, which does not engage in lobbying, and donations to it are tax deductible.
[14]
In 2011, the ACLU and the ACLU Foundation had a combined income of $109 million, originating from grants (60%), membership donations (23%), and bequests (17%). Membership dues account for $25 million per year and are treated as donations; members choose the amount they pay annually, averaging $50 per member per year.
[15] In 2011, the combined expenses of the ACLU and ACLU Foundation were $106 million, spent on Programs (88%), management (7%), and fundraising (5%).
[16] The ACLU Foundation accounts for about 75% of the combined budget, and the ACLU about 25%.
[17]
The ACLU solicits donations to its charitable foundation. The ACLU is accredited by the
Better Business Bureau, and the
Charity Navigator has ranked the ACLU with a four-star rating.
[18][19] The local affiliates also solicit their own funding, and some receive funds from the national ACLU. The distribution and amount of funding for state affiliates varies from state to state. Smaller affiliates with fewer resources, such as that in Nebraska, receive subsidies from the national ACLU.[
citation needed]
I
n October 2004, the ACLU rejected $1.5 million from both the
Ford Foundation and
Rockefeller Foundation because the Foundations had adopted language from the USA PATRIOT Act in their donation agreements, including a clause stipulating that none of the money would go to "underwriting terrorism or other unacceptable activities." The ACLU views this clause, both in Federal law and in the donors' agreements, as a threat to civil liberties, saying it is overly broad and ambiguous.
[20][21]
Due to the nature of its legal work, the ACLU is often involved in litigation against governmental bodies, which are generally protected from adverse monetary judgments; a town, state or federal agency may be required to change its laws or behave differently, but not to pay monetary damages except by an explicit statutory waiver. In some cases, the law permits plaintiffs who successfully sue government agencies to collect money damages or other monetary relief. In particular, the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 leaves the government liable in some civil rights cases. Fee awards under this civil rights statute are considered "equitable relief" rather than damages, and government entities are not immune from equitable relief.[22] Under laws such as this, the ACLU and its state affiliates sometimes share in monetary judgments against government agencies. In 2006, the Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act sought to prevent monetary judgments in the particular case of violations of church-state separation.[23]
The ACLU has received court awarded fees from opponents, for example, the Georgia affiliate was awarded $150,000 in fees after suing a county demanding the removal of a
Ten Commandments display from its courthouse;
[24] a second Ten Commandments case in the State, in a different county, led to a $74,462 judgment.
[25] The
State of Tennessee was required to pay $50,000, the State of Alabama $175,000, and the State of Kentucky $121,500, in similar Ten Commandments cases.
[26][27]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union#Funding
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