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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is our nation’s guardian of liberty. We work daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Our job is to conserve America’s original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights
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P.O. Box 2242
Jackson, MS 39225
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The principles guiding the ACLU of Mississippi are simple and clear:
• The right to free expression—above all, the freedom to dissent from the official view and majority;
• The right to equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion, National origin, sexual orientation, age or handicap;
• The right of fair play in encounters with government institutions—courts, schools, police, bureaucracy—and with the repositories of great private power;
• The right to be let alone—to be secure from spying, from the promiscuous and unwarranted collection of personal information, and from interference in our private lives.
These guarantees of liberty are not self-enforcing. Those with power often undermine the rights of individuals and groups who lack the political influence, the numerical strength or the money to secure their birthright of freedom. That is why the efforts of the ACLU of Mississippi—in the courts, in the legislature, and in the public forum—have most often been on behalf of people with the special vulnerability of the powerless.
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Steps Member Status: Affiliated Ally
Executive Director: Nsombi Lambright
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Region: Mississippi