When Anthony Romero first took the helm as the American Civil Liberties Union’s national executive director in 2001, it was a week before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
He thought fighting for civil liberties in the political climate that followed would be his greatest challenge during his tenure with ACLU.
“That was not a good moment for civil liberties,” Romero said of government policies enacted post 9/11. “But this is worse … It’s every single one of our top issues is on a front burner at high boil.”
And it’s not just one or two priority issues, he told a small group of Utah supporters during a Wednesday morning breakfast reception in Salt Lake City.