american civil liberties union

Examines the views of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on public expressions of religious faith, describing their role and the role of religion in American politics in the early twenty-first century, and tracing the history of the ACLU from the organization's origins.

"In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization's one-hundred-year history"--OCLC.

"The . . . account of America's premier defender of civil liberties. It is not just the definitive story of the ACLU but also an essential account of America's rediscovery of rights it had granted but long denied.Cose's narrative begins with World War I and brings us to today, chronicling the ACLU's role through the horrors of 9/11, the saga of Edward Snowden, and the phenomenon of Donald Trump"--Amazon.