Funny; those same principals were eschewed by the communist. Although the founders of the ACLU must be recognized as enemy's of free society they must be commended as among the few who have been able to fashion a organization in their very own image.
The ACLU has been VERY closely linked to the Communist Party since its inception.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1293485/posts
http://www.reclaimamerica.org/Pages/ACLU/decades.html
http://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0038064.cfm