THE ACLU’S POWER BROKER
How Anthony Romero is leading the nonprofit through the most contentious period in its nearly 100-year history
by Kathleen Davis
Aug 01, 2017
3 minutes
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Anthony Romero was the first one in his office on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sat at his desk, which overlooks the Statue of Liberty from lower Manhattan, and wrote a combative letter to then–president-elect Donald Trump. In it, he vowed that “the full firepower” of his organization would be deployed against any attempts by the new administration to encroach on the Constitution. In the months since, the ACLU has blocked
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