Trump’s roadblock: The ACLU filed 400 cases against Trump so far

Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from the witness stand, but the ACLU has challenged him repeatedly. The day after United States President Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.” As president, Trump has not personally squared off against the ACLU from the witness stand, but the broader warning has been borne out. “The assault on civil liberties and civil rights is greater under this administration than any other in modern history,” said the ACLU’s president, Anthony Romero. “It’s meant we’ve been living with a three-alarm fire in every part of our house.” Since the day Trump took office, the ACLU – according to a breakdown it provided to The Associated Press – has filed 237 lawsuits against the administration and about 160 other legal actions, including Freedom of Information Act requests, ethics complaints and administrative complaints. Lawsuit barrage By comparison, the ACLU says it filed 13 lawsuits and other legal actions against President George W Bush’s administration in his first term, mostly alleging encroachments on civil liberties related to counterterrorism policies.