SUMMER 2015 ACTOR & ACTIVIST Marlee Matlin: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES beyond marriage THE FIGHT FOR FULL LGBT EQUALITY EXTREME POLICINGPRACTICES THAT SET LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ACLU.ORG COMMUNITIES–AND THE ACLU'S PUSH FOR REFORM WE ASKED MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN WHY THE ACLU IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIVES. HERE ARE A FEW OF THE RESPONSES WE I’M RECEIVED. THEY SPEAK VOLUMES. WHY LU The Issue THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION C FEATURED A “I want my AN MEMBERS daughters JERRY NEWTON & DAVID WEINBERG CHICAGO, IL to be who MEMBER they want “Deciding to have to be, love and raise a child is probably who they the most important decision want to a woman can make, and that love, and PROTECT THE CHILDREN, PRESERVE THE TRIBE, decision should be hers live in a PAGE 24 Rochelle Walking Eagle’s children, alone, not to be made by world that Andreanne and Issac JERRY NEWTON, (pictured with their ACTIVIST others. Thank you, ACLU, for treats them father Andrew Ironshell), helping to protect this right. with the were taken away from ” their family in direct respect violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act. that they “The ACLU is one of the deserve.” my stand foremost organizations features 10 Why Did the ACLU Hire a DERWOOD STEVENS Technologist? Daniel Kahn devoted to improving the VIA FACEBOOK Gillmor on the ACLU’s work to STUDENT RIGHTS, WRONGED ensure the law and tech work for you. lives of people who are The freedoms of our young people continue to be stripped away as they walk through the schoolhouse door. We take End Discrimination Against DAVID WEINBERG, 34 su!ering injustice. you back to school as we discuss the ACLU’s work to protect Pregnant Workers ACLU President GALLERY OWNER 11 ” “ALONE WE the civil liberties of students. Susan N. Herman shares the progress to end workplace inequity. Chicago residents Jerry Newton and her husband, David Weinberg, FEEL POWER- have been members of the ACLU for decades and have devoted their LESS AND OUT- 36 Why I’m an Ally Republican political strategist Steve Schmidt lives to promoting civil liberties. Jerry has been involved in many civil NUMBERED, BAD LAWS, BAD LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT KNOWING shares his thoughts on the freedom rights issues, including the fight for reproductive rights, and David pro- Ill-considered policies have resulted in adversarial relationships to marry—and why he developed an THE ACLU IS motes civil liberties through the arts. between police and the communities they are sworn to serve— alliance with the ACLU. THERE, WE FEEL 18 with each side resenting and fearing the other. But thanks to About a year ago, David refocused the work in his Chicago gallery, EMPOWERED the ACLU and other groups, there are signs of improvement. AND HOPEFUL.” David Weinberg Photography, to center on social justice issues—cur- departments rently, youth in prison. He is partnering with the ACLU to use his gallery MARTHA & ROGER CROTTY PROTECT THE CHILDREN, PRESERVE THE TRIBE 2 The Bullhorn for a variety of events. ASHEBORO, NC Despite federal laws designed to protect the integrity of Indian 3 Contributors tribes and their families, Indian children are removed from their 4 Dialogue 24 families at high rates after shockingly short court hearings. I believe in the U.S. Con!itution. Nobody fights for it like the ACLU. The ACLU is fighting to end these practices. 5 In Brief 29 Arts & Culture EVE MAJOR, VIA FACEBOOK 37 ACLU Moment CV2 AMERICANTell CIVIL LIBERTIES us whyUNION |SUMMER you’re 2015 a member at ACLU.ORG/MEMBER ACLU.ORG SUMMER 2015 | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 1 ACLU.ORG THE bullhorn BY ANTHONY D. ROMERO VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 ABOUT US: Founded in 1920, SUMMER 2015 the American Civil Liberties Contributors ACLU LEADERSHIP Union (ACLU) is our nation’s guardian of liberty, working PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Susan N. Herman daily in courts, legislatures and SUZETTE BREWER VICE PRESIDENT AND communities to defend and TREASURER OF THE BOARD Robert B. Remar preserve the rights and liberties SUZETTE BREWER SPECIALIZES IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW and that the Constitution and laws EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR the separation of church and state (“Stu- has written extensively on the Indian Child Welfare Act for Indian Anthony D. Romero of the United States guarantee dent Rights, Wronged,” page 11). Country Today Media Network. Her published books include Sovereign: DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR everyone in this country. Our Dorothy Ehrlich An Oral History of Indian Gaming in America (Ipanema Literatures, What I hope you see throughout these critical work in the courts and DIRECTOR OF AFFILIATE stories is that the victories we are fighting in legislatures across the coun- 2009). She is a member of the Cherokee Nation and is from Stilwell, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY Geri Rozanski for aren’t just about changing the lives of try is possible only because of Oklahoma. Protect the Children, Preserve the Tribe, page 24 LEGAL DIRECTOR individual clients—they are about ensur- the generosity of our members. Steven Shapiro ing that our victories impact the lives of Please give at aclu.org/donate. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR people all across the country. Emily Tynes CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER You can read about a case in South Dakota The ACLU can be reached at: DAVID BROWN Mark Wier that grew out of the experiences of three 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND WIDELY PUBLISHED under the pseudonym D.B. Grady, David GENERAL COUNSEL Indian families who had their children re- New York, NY 10004 Terence Dougherty moved from their homes in clear violation 212-549-2500 Brown is the coauthor of Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy of a federal law that was created almost aclu.org/contact-us Industry (Wiley, 2013) and The Command: Deep Inside the President’s MAGAZINE STAFF 40 years ago (“Protect the Children, Pre- Secret Army (Wiley, 2012). He is a contributor to The Atlantic and STAND EDITORIAL AND serve the Tribe,” page 24). In a precedent- The Week and is a regular television and radio commentator. CONTENT DIRECTION Exchanging Mailing Lists: The ACLU Dan Davenport (MXM) setting victory, the court ruled in favor of Bad Laws, Bad Law Enforcement, page 18 Justin Davey (MXM) defrays the cost of our new mem- the plaintiffs in March and made it clear Rachel Fishman (ACLU) ber recruitment by renting or Liz FitzGerald (ACLU) that, “Indi- exchanging our list with other non- STAND DESIGN DIRECTION an children, profit organizations and publica- Casey L. Gradischnig (MXM) parents and tions, but never to partisan political PHYLLIS ECKHAUS STAND magazine (ISSN 2378- STAND FOR THE tribes deserve groups or to groups whose pro- 8380) is a publication for mem- better.” grams are incompatible with ACLU PHYLLIS ECKHAUS, ACLU MANAGER OF FOUNDATION bers of the American Civil Liber- ties Union (ACLU). Send changes MOST VULNERABLE And, as we policies. All lists are rented or RELATIONS, has written for Newsday, The Nation and In These of address and questions about exchanged according to strict pri- your ACLU membership to continue to Times, where she was a contributing editor. Co-founder of an [email protected]; mail vacy procedures recommended by ACLU chapter in her book-banning Connecticut hometown, she’s them to ACLU, 125 Broad Street, “S" #"$% &' () *&+) )$",%* -)"-#) .$ /*.' advance Baldwin’s vision, we often take the U.S. Privacy Study Commission. 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004; country willing to fight for their rights, our fight far beyond the courtroom in also a lawyer who devoted years to wresting short-lived reforms or call 212-549-2500. Send edi- We never give our list directly to any torial correspondence specific to we’ll be called a democracy.” order to have the greatest impact. We’re organization; instead we send the from the New York City schools. Student Rights, Wronged, page 11 the publication to STAND Maga- working with unlikely allies such as Re- list to a letter shop that prepares the zine, ACLU, 125 Broad Street, I often think back to this quote from Roger 18th Floor, New York, NY 10004, publican political strategist and former or email to [email protected]. This Baldwin because it gets to the very core of mailing for the organization that is McCain for President campaign manager participating in the rental or In Brief Contributors The Guide Contributors is not a subscription publication, why he and a small group of likeminded ide- and we do not accept unsolicited Steve Schmidt (“Why I’m an Ally,” page exchange. 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The ACLU always honors a quests for reprints should be di- Technologist?” page 10). enforcement. rected to [email protected]. our liberties and to seize opportunities to member’s request not to make his AISHA SPRINGER is a Philanthropy As- The work that the ACLU does today or her name available.