Posted on 8/10/2005, 8:37:02 PM by Russ_in_NC
I heard on a talk radio program some time ago that congress passed a law sometime back that the ACLU actually gets paid our own tax dollars to sue the government, win or lose.
My question to the group .... Is this true and if so do you know the bill reference so I can read the details?
This is true. It was added in the late 60's. They get paid if they prosecute if a civil right is violated. So naturally, they've been claiming it everywhere.
you could just google it and research it yourself....
The ACLU should be disbanded.
It's true, the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976.
Any settlements they reach in cases usually involve them getting legal fees paid for, so yes, they do in a sense get paid by the government bodies they sue, and ultimately, the taxpayer. Sucks, don't it?
Not a subsidy per se, but if ACLU wins in court, the civil rights statute they usually sue under, 42 U.S.C 1983,1988(as I recollect) allows the prevailing party to recover attorneys' fees from loser, that is, the taxpayer.
United States Code section 1988
I guess I should have put up this link, but I'm not in a mean enough mood.
I agree about the ACLU...sure gonna miss them when their gone.................so how's school?
If any organization sues in a civil rights suit, and wins, the judge in the case has the option to award that organization its legal fees from the taxpayers. Losers don't get anything, and the judge doesn't have to pay off the winners if he or she decides not to.
it's going...
today is the last day woohoo!!!!
that reminds me, I gotta take a shower and get moving!!! :)
Actually, yes.
As a matter of fact, the ACLU is picking up a check today to finance a campaign against some poor schmuck named Russ in North Carolina.
It will suck to be that guy!
Now you see why the ACLU is so lawsuit-happy.
Basically ACLU attorneys get a double paycheck - one from the government, and one as an attorney who wins a lawsuit normally gets (percentage of damages).
Someone please tell my how such payments are Constitutional.... please.....
TRUE! Write your congressman to stop this as I have done.
The ACLU can not collect attorney fees in its Boys Scott suits since the BSoAs are not a government agency- Correct?
Ping
Let's be "mean enough" to put up this link too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460793/posts
It has nothing to do with whether or not the entity being sued is a government agency. If someone is being denied their civil rights, and an organization such as the ACLU steps in and sues and wins, the judge in the case can reach into our pocket to pay their legal fees.
In cases where someone actually is being denied their civil rights, they often don't have the money to hire attorneys. This enables people who really have been denied their civil rights to have a chance to get legal representation. But then, unchecked, you get what we have now.
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