the american civil liberties union, aclu, and the league of women voters. this book shows are witches, complexity and even contradiction within institution and movements that change the course of our history. through helen hamilton gardener, camera shows a distinctive woman appropriate the very american right to shaper unaided and move into public space to work for social reform. texas with an image of carter and shows us a commitment to the cause of women's rights and track the evolution of her thought and why she indenting that kind of work which i thought was fascinating. it becomes almost like intellectual biography of hers. ellis takes a monumental task of chronicling the cases that shaped the aclu and the social, political and cultural environment that shaped individuals that a participated in them. he shows out in his first hundred years of life visitation has adopted to the needs and the spirit of the time. sometimes at the cost of individuals. i wanted to open the conversation by describing for the members of the audience who haven't read your book

they got the american civil liberties union to defend them. the aclu -- are you familiar with it? the american civil liberties union is a very liberal group made up essentially of lawyers and they take cases that they feel are right and argue them pro bono, for free. thenazis on the right go to american civil liberties union on the left and they get a jewish lawyer. they say to him, we want you to argue our case. lawyer who is going to argue a case for the neo-nazis to march through the jewish section of town on adolf hitler's birthday. you know with the lawyer did? he arguied it. he said everything the neo-nazis stand for disgusts me, but it is not about me. it is their right under the bill of rights to march and express their views. just because i don't like their views doesn't mean they can't express them. he argued the case for them. won the case. saidhen the neo-nazi party we will not march anyway. we will march in chicago. again, give me an example recently where extreme right wing groups wanted to meet together to demonstrate, to assemble, and it turned violent and it ripped

. .hey sued do you know at the american not the party did, they got the aclu, the american civil liberties union to defend them. the american civil liberties union is a very liberal group , and they lawyers take cases that they feel are right and they argue in pro bono. they argue them for free. nazis on the right go to the american civil liberties union on the left and they get a jewish lawyer. they say to him, we want you to argue our case. a jewish lawyer who will argue the case to the neo-nazis to march through the jewish section of town on adolf hitler's birthday. and you know what the lawyer did, he argued it. he says everything the neo-nazis stand for discussed me, but it's not about them, it's about their right to do what under the constitution, under the bill of rights? to march and to express their views. just because i don't like their views, doesn't mean they cannot express them. he argued the case for them. case and the neo-nazi said, we won't march, we will march in chicago, and they marched in chicago. give me an example recently where extreme right-wing groups wanted to meet toge

the american civil liberties union tweeted -- "bill barr was one of the worst attorneys general in u.s history. he deployed the justice department not to promote justice -- but to serve donald trump." we'll have more on william barr's departure later in the broadcast with legal director of the aclu david cole. on capitol hill, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a $908 billion coronavirus relief package monday, as unemployment benefits for millions of u.s. workers are set to expire the day after christmas. one part of the legislation would provide about $750 billion for schools, vaccine distribution, and the paycheck protection program supporting small businesses. it would also boost unemployment benefi by $300 p week -- half of the $600 a week increase in benefits that republicans allowed to expire over the summer. a second bill would provide $160 billion in aid for hard-hit state and local governments, while retroactively shielding corporations from liability if their workers or customers become infected with coronavirus. even if congress passes a coronavirus relief bill, econom

the former chairwoman of the american civil liberties union or a.c.l.u. is convinced that honest discussions are the only way to overcome distance between opposing sides counter speech is a very important factor and by that i mean any use of your freedom of speech hours to persuade. or do anything you can to advance the cause of the messages are equality and inclusive and diversity and dignity and to rebut the counter messages. but there are limits. and when individuals are directly attacked. to ted constitutes a criminal offense such as libel or threat of bodily harm is. it's no longer protected it's freedom of speech. tech companies have started taking more actions against negative content on their platforms not least because laws in europe have been tightened but there is still plenty of hate speech on social media because that kind of content brings money. and speech is controversial it's highly emotive and edge attracts clicks critics maintain that companies like facebook and you tube are well aware of and actively promote the spread of posts contain

works for the hungry and civil liberties union the n.-g. o. recently published a report showing how they're condemning has led to more corruption in the country one example is the purchase of ventilators by the foreign ministry. ventilators were purchased in huge quantities and significantly overpriced only some of them are likely to be used in 10. of care and protection against the epidemic and that's another course on top of the fact that they were wired at an inflated price a strain that was or you're. just because i got this man's mission is to uncover corruption at the highest level and to call it out because had has he is an independent member of the hunger in parliament he tells me that all bonds government is plagued by corruption and that it's high time for the you to take action. volumnia mordaunt somehow this has to be resolved the government cannot continue to steal or spend your funds uncontrolled all uses this money to pay his people this is how he maintains this fraudulent system. but the victor all band of liked and in criticis

and voilc you have the american civil liberties union.ugh it was spawned by suffragists and people very much interested in fighting for women's rights even though was very much involved in that from the beginning, the focus of the aclu early on became something somewhat different and became defense of the bill of rights and most specifically in the first amendment, which guarantees free speech, freedom of the press, etc. >> moderator: thank you, i know you are summarizing a lot into a couple minutes. one of the things i wanted to ask you, ellis, remember this really old billy joel song Ã. >> ellis: i remember it well. >> moderator: your book in a way feels like that because it's 100 years from 1920s on. >> ellis: billy joel and i were collaborators, i helped write that song. >> moderator: what i'm trying to say is, it was a tour. >> ellis: one thing i realized right away is i cannot write a book about the history of the aclu without writing a book about 100 years of american history. because the aclu was involved in basically every major

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joining me now to discuss is jay stanley, senior policy analyst for the american civil liberties unionvacy and technology. jay, what concerns if any do you have on the use of this technology? >> a lot of the questions surround where is it going to go from here? you know, drones are a tool like any other that can be used for good thing and ways a bit more sear or questionable. and the chula vista program is very unique. it's pretty much the only police department in the country i'm aware of at least that's doing this. they had to get special permission because it's not legal to fly a drone beyond the sight of an operator. when this gets scaled up and it's not just police drones but may be amazon drones, burrito delivery drones, what have you, that's a lot of drones flying over our communities. so as this technology becomes more prominent it's important we have our ducks in a row with good privacy protections. >> agreed on that. one of the things i like about this is the ability to keep law enforcement out of harms way and to de-escalate situations. i've got some amazing video from chula

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we had no american civil liberties union. it was created during this time effectively. there were no guardrails to an attorney general who is effectively writing his own agenda. because wilson has now had a stroke and is not really minding the store. sorry mitchell palmer is doing his own thing, trying to keep the country safe from the reds, meanwhile he's actually doing this because he wants to run for the presidency in 1920. see definitely there were the anarchist that were throwing bombs and whatnot, but largely this is fearmongering, we want to read up the reds and show how tough we are on those reds. ultimately the whole thing back for us against mitchell palmer. there's the acting secretary of labor named lewis post. and at that time, the department of labour is in control of ellis island and immigration. and he's the one after the second rates occur, he starts reviewing all the documentation and seeing how bad the words, our how little evidence there is against all these people and so he starts releasing everyone. he starts throwing all the cases at the window. h

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cases of exclusion as well as pushback from congress and penn america like and the american civil liberties union. pan america and the american. if you are interested, i would tell you to check out chapter seven in my book for more information about what the reagan administration was doing and the response to it. eric: thank you. edie has been quite patient. if you would unmute yourself, you can pose a question. >> i wanted to ask you whether there was anything in the book that traces what happened to those who were deported and in this context, my great aunt and involved in a crisis in pittsburgh and were on a ship that went back to the soviet union and then they were stalin when stalin got control. thank you very much for all these personal stories and the connection to this history. i had to make some tough decisions in terms of what i wanted to include in the book because this is such a long history and it's not a very long book and there were limitations in terms of pages and length. is from 1798 to the , part of those decisions were not tracing necessarily what happened to those who were de

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civil liberties and have a strong civil society that was very important indeed but the egypt remained a very important partner for france on many other issues including what they call counter terrorism in the region european union leaders are holding a last ditch talks to see what hope remains of a post-breakfast trade deal with the u.k. chief negotiator michel barnier has been meeting embassadors of the 27 member states to see if a deal can be agreed before the january 1st deadline the british prime minister boris johnson is due to speak with you commission chief ursula vanderlyn this hour . angry exchanges have taken place in the congolese parliament over president felix jesica these plans of form a new government without the majority party. members of the common front for congo say the plan is thinks it's real and violates the constitution party is made up of allies of the former president joseph kabila that holds most cabinet posts kabila supporters have also been protesting against the move in the capital kinshasa. voting is due to close in the next hour in guyana in an election to choose the next president and members of parliament the incumbent president not a coup for audio is facing 11 challengers but

need to treat this seriously but we cannot violate the very civil liberties that make us a free country. we become venezuela or soviet unionke that. the inconsistencies are the part are the most wild with this? you can have celebrations when people fought for, somehow saying joe biden won the election. that is not a problem in new york and chicago and other places. you can have riots and protests over certain issues and that's okay but you can't have people going to church or synagogue or small businesses operating like this one. i just think the american people really are seeing the curtain has been pulled back. we can see what a lot of these liberal politicians really think about the hard-working men and women of this country. they think we're all just idiots and truth is, no we're god-fearing american loving citizens who just want the best for our families and neighbors. we can get through this together. but don't apply different standards to different groups. jackie: i want to take an extra minute to ask you one final question. so many people have said that the president isn't getting enough credit for how much he hand

marshals office, the american civil liberties union, among others. together we carefully updated legislative language in order to uphold the first amendment right of the press to report on matters of public concern and balance that right with our urgent need to better protect the safety of federal judges and their families. federal judges and their families will continue to be able to seek relief through the courts for the knowing and willful publication of their personal information and the party responsible for the violation will have to pay the cost and reasonable attorney fees. the bill enjoys widespread support among judicial and attorney organizations including the national association of attorneys general, the national judicial conference, federal judges association national conference of bankruptcy judges, american bar association, the national hispanic bar association, the national bar association, and several others. madam president, america's federal judges must be able to render rulings without fearing for their lives or the lives of thei