Last updated on:
6/11/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Heather MacDonald, JD Biography
- Title:
- Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“But however contemptible the ACLU’s hypocrisy, it pales in comparison to its position on terrorism…. In the ACLU’s worldview, it is the administration, not the 9/11 attacks, that has ‘created a climate of fear’ nationally. Al Qaeda? Never heard of it…..
Such fantasies make for great fundraising pitches. The ACLU has been raking in the dough — and not just from payroll deductions — since 9/11.”
National Review, Aug. 4, 2004
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs and JDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the ACLU. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the ACLU. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- Contributing Editor, City Journal
- Appointed to Mayor Giuliani’s task force on the City University of New York, 1998
- Former Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Former Law Clerk, Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Volunteer, National Resource Defense Fund, New York City
- Education:
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- JD, Stanford University Law School
- MA, English, Mellon Fellowship, Cambridge University
- BA, English, Yale University
- Other:
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- Frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and other television and radio programs
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