The American Civil Liberties Union’s response to Donald Trump’s election has been a defiant “See You in Court.” The president-elect’s pre-and post-election comments about immigrants, abortion rights, stop-and-frisk policing and flag-burning have made him a natural foil of the 96-year-old civil liberties organization.
The Recorder recently checked in with Abdi Soltani, the executive director of the ACLU of Northern California. The affiliate has approximately 30 attorneys and legal professionals working across offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno, and Soltani expects them to be very busy as Trump takes office.
