In the first paragraph of the article it mentions pro bono attorneys - there may not be much pro bono to it because as I understand - there is a law and I don't know the number that says if a law suit is filed in a civil rights matter the person being sued has to pay the legal fees of the person that sued them.
Company A fires someone because they won't bath before they come to work - ACLU sues in the 9th Circus Court on the behalf of "Stinky" and wins then Company A has to pay Stinkys legal fees plus damages or whatever 9th Circus Court awards Stinky because of hurt feelings
I guess it is only pro bono if Stinky looses and is instructed to bath from here on
Yeah, I'm a lawyer, and you got it right. You did not mention, though, that if the ACLU loses, it does not have to pay attorney's fees to the other side.
It's a racket. If you want to put the ACLU out of business, the first step toward doing that is to repeal that attorney's fees law. Making it mutual won't help because it's not the attorney that pays, it's the party. They'll just find a plaintiff who has no money to do the suing.
Well if that's the way the ACLU works, then why is it they are funded by the federal government, with OUR tax dollars?