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ACLU president
says civil rights victories endangered

ACLU president
says civil rights victories endangered

Pending changes on the U.S. Supreme Court threaten to undo decades of civil rights legislation and court rulings, the national president of the American Civil Liberties Union said. Nadine Strossen, speaking in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday at the annual Bill of Rights Dinner, said the Bush administration could replace the high court's moderate swing voter Sandra Day O'Connor with someone more conservative. That shows that the ACLU's legal victories never stay won, Strossen said as the Kentucky ACLU celebrated its 50th anniversary. "With [O'Connor's] departure, [abortion rights] are yet again imperiled," Strossen said. "The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear an abortion case during its next term." Strossen, a law professor at New York Law School, also said ACLU court victories banning state sponsorship of religion could be in danger. "These issues...have something in common with each other and also something in common with other current civil-liberties controversies: freedom of speech, to death with dignity, to gay rights," Strossen said. "They reflect concerted efforts by certain citizens' groups and certain politicians to impose their own religious beliefs on the rest of us." Strossen has written, lectured, and practiced extensively in the areas of constitutional law, civil liberties, and international human rights. (AP)

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