Learn more about The Heritage Foundation initiative that threatens to erode our civil rights and civil
liberties during a second Trump term.

The ACLU doesn’t endorse or oppose candidates for elected office–but we recognize that the
re-election of Donald Trump as president will have immense implications for the future of our
democratic norms, institutions, and processes. In 2022, The Heritage Foundation, a conservative-
leaning think tank, and 140 former Trump staffers authored Project 2025 — a roadmap for how
to replace the rule of law with ring-wing ideals.

Learn more about this initiative and its perilous implications for our civil rights and civil liberties below–
as well as how the ACLU will use all of the tools at its disposal–from advocacy to litigation to community
organizing–to defend our democracy.

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What is Project 2025?

Project 2025 is a federal policy agenda and blueprint for a radical restructuring|
of the executive branch authored and published by former Trump administration officials in partnership
with The Heritage Foundation,a longstanding conservative think tank that opposes abortion and
reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrants rights, and racial equity. Project 2025’s
largest publication, “Mandate For Leadership,” is …