Roles of Interest Groups

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Roles of Interest Groups

Every interest group is designed for the purpose of preserving the rights and liberties of those it represents. For instance, the American Civil Liberties Union is a non-profit organization founded in 1920 and tasked with the duty to guarantee individual rights and freedoms to every person in accordance with the laws and the constitution of the United States of America (Neuman 1994). Since the foundation, the organization has engaged courts, legislatures, and communities in the defense and preservation of human rights. Some of the issues the organization has been involved in are the tacking of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the death penalty as a form of capital punishment, the rights of immigrants, prisoners, women, and employees. Additionally, the organization has assured maintenance of historic rights such as the right to vote.

Another organization with a role in interest groups is the League of Woman Voters, established in 1920. The purpose of this organization is to encourage women to take on larger roles in public affairs after attain the right to vote. The league ensured representation in every state and was tasked with a duty to ensure international support by ensuring the upholding of legislatures and preventing legal discrimination on the basis of gender (Kutulas 2006). Today, through advocacy and education, the organization covers issues ranging from the active participation of women in government, promoting voting registrations, providing funding for education to defending voting rights. Ii is one of the largest nonpartisan political organizations in the United States and has achieved a lot through the years through the providence of broad and comprehensive information to a variety of political issues to the individuals the organization represents.

The two depict the organization, the American Civil Liberties Union and League of Woman Voters reveal the vital importance of interest groups in both national and international human freedoms.

References

Kutulas, J. (2006). The American Civil Liberties Union & the Making of Modern Liberalism, 1930-1960. UNC Press Books.

Neuman, N. M. (1994). The League of Women Voters in Perspective, 1920-1995. League of Women Voters.