The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û online team has put together an index to show how important the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û has been over its 90 years of defending the Constitution — and how many challenges we still have in front of us. Here's yesterday's installment. And here's today's:
Number of national organizations that joined the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in opposing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II: 0
Number of states that have and a National ID card, due to pressure from the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and others: 24
Number of U.S. military spy satellites the Department of Homeland Security will be allowed to use for domestic intelligence, counter-terrorism and law enforcement after objections by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and others: 0
Number of hours per day children housed at the T. Don Hutto family detention center in Texas were forced to remain in their cells before an ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û lawsuit forced conditions to be improved at the facility: 11-12
Challenges to FBI abuses of the Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provisions filed by ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û: 3
NSL requests dropped by the government after ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û challenge: 3
Percent of our 2010 budget that the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û stands to lose as a result of losing our largest individual donor due to financial circumstances: 25
Number of days you have left to make a year-end donation to the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û: 2
We hope you'll join us in defending our freedoms for the coming year.