During Trump’s first term, the ACLU filed 434 legal challenges against his administration, successfully blocking some of Trump’s policies.
After Trump's election, «
the ACLU’s legal and advocacy experts drafted a roadmap to combat his administration head-on.» They are anticipating legal fights before Trump's policies get into effect and their results could be evaluated.
The ACLU is ready to hinder Trump's government with the following strategy:
- Defend against the Trump administration’s deportation plan through coordinated action at all levels of government;
- Provide legal defense to whistleblowers and critics who dare to stand up to Trump’s policies;
- Use the courts to affirm that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination under federal law;
- Challenge the Trump administration on reproductive freedom;
- As soon as the 119th Congress is sworn in, urge members to use their constitutional powers to provide oversight, investigate wrongdoing, and reject the enforcement of restrictive policies.
- At the state level, work with lawmakers to build a "firewall for freedom".
The ACLU concludes its report on this anti-Trump strategy with these words: «
The Trump administration’s fundamentally un-American policies will be met with the full firepower of the ACLU and the might of our allies.»
They have no intention of debating, negotiating, and reaching civil agreements with the new administration, much less of collaborating on policies they may consider fair.
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