The federal government is suing a small Chicago mortgage company over its employees’ public remarks on the safety of certain areas of the city, effectively trying to censor disfavored opinions — and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), self-styled defender of the First Amendment, is siding with the government.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), began investigating Townstone Financial in 2017 over alleged civil-rights violations. Three years later, the agency sued Townstone.