ST. LOUIS, June 15, 2007 - The membership of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (ACLU-EM) elected Thomas Blumenthal to serve as president of the organization’s board of trustees.Blumenthal succeeds Ray Hartmann, who served as president for two years and remains on the board of directors.Board members and officers were elected during the ACLU-EM annual membership meeting held on June 9, 2007.
Mr. Blumenthal is a principal in the law firm of Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C.He previously served as president of the board of trustees for ACLU-EM.He was the ACLU cooperating attorney in the case of Reproduction Health Services vs. Webster, which made it to the United States Supreme Court.He is currently the ACLU-EM cooperating attorney in Roe v. Crawford, a challenge to Missouri’s ban on prisoner abortions, now pending before The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The ACLU-EM is a non-partisan, not-for-profit, membership organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of civil liberties in eastern Missouri. Located in St. Louis ACLU-EM is an affiliate of the national ACLU. The ACLU-EM defends civil liberties and the principles of equality and justice in eastern Missouri through its Litigation, Legislative and Public Education Programs. The ACLU was founded in 1920 as the first public interest law firm of its kind, and is recognized as the country’s foremost advocate of individual rights.