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Bill of rights' implausible defenders: don't look to the ACLU and its left-wing allies to defend your liberty and the constitution against the encroaching police state. (On the Home Front).(Cover Story)

The New American

| January 27, 2003 | Jasper, William F. | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

An incredible deception is underway. Ultra-leftist groups with long histories of supporting totalitarianism are posing as the chief defenders of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against the current onslaught of police-state legislation. The Establishment media, of course, are assisting these pro-Communist poseurs, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).

One of the more high-profile efforts in this deception campaign involves getting city governments to pass resolutions registering opposition to the police-state dangers posed by the USA PATRIOT Act, the Homeland ...

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