(Chambers and Wedel, 2005, p. 65-67) the objectives of the ACLU are then applied to specific issues, according to the perceived needs of the issue itself and what the historical best practices are for achieving successful change for any given issue. The application of objectives can be very broad to very specific based on historical best practices according to the ACLU and other civil rights movements. If for instance a goal is to reduce the infringement of the constitutional rights of a single individual, who was transgressed against, the legal means might be used as a logical objective, while other goals, such as decreasing the utilization of the U.S. sponsorship of torture and/or rights infringement in the rest of the world, the call is to inform the public of the problem and then allow members and individuals in the organization to write congressmen and utilize the press to broaden concern for the problem. Though all of the tertiary objectives may be used in every case the focus is on what has worked best in any given similar case in the past.
Looking more specifically at one program or issue of the ACLU will give a better description of its goals and how they are applied in its objectives. The ACLU on the issue of the death...
This can be seen on the webpage link to the issue of the death penalty, when one reads the abstracts for articles in the issue, the first being one regarding the ACLU stand on the broadening of the death penalty to include people who have been convicted of aggravated rape of someone under the age of 12, in Louisiana specifically. The overarching goal of the ACLU is to eliminate the death penalty and a legal means of denying civil liberties, the objective is to seek out as many possible shortcomings in individual cases to deem the whole of the problem as it is applied legally to infringe upon the right to life. They seek out innocent people on death row as well as attempt in many cases to reduce sentences for those sentenced to death. ("Death Penalty" (http://www.aclu.org/capital/general/index.html)
ACLU: About the ACLU" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 at http://www.aclu.org/about/index.html
ACLU: Homepage" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 at http://www.aclu.org/
ACLU: Death Penalty" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 at http://www.aclu.org/capital/general/index.html
ACLU: Success Stories" (ND) Retrieved, June, 1, 2007 at http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AP_success_feedback_main
Chambers, D.E. & Wedel, K.R. (2005) Social Policy and Social Programs: A Method for the Practical Public Policy Analyst, fourth Ed. New York: Allyn and Bacon.
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