Government Watchdog Groups in the United States - American Civil Liberties Union, Project on Government Oversight, Constitution Project (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: American Civil Liberties Union, Project On Government Oversight, Constitution Project, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Center for Constitutional Rights, National Legal and Policy Center, Tax Analysts, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Judicial Watch, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Common Cause, American Center for Law & Justice, Corporate Accountability International, Thompson Publishing Group, The Buckeye Institute, Innocence Project, Rio Grande Foundation, Center for Responsive Politics, Consumer Federation of America, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, Operation Clean Government, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Citizen Action, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Project Vote Smart, First Amendment Coalition, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, Food & Water Watch, Congress Watch, Frank Donner, Tennessee Justice Center, New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens for Sunshine, Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, OMB Watch, Florida Justice Institute, Center for Individual Freedom, Georgia Innocence Project, Citizens Union, National Center for Reason and Justice, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Maryland Public Interest Research Group, Forfeiture Endangers American Rights, Democracy 21, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. Excerpt: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) consists of two separate non-profit organizations: the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization which focuses on litigation and communication efforts, and the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) organization which focuses on legislative lobbying. The ACLU's stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country...