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I understand the mission of the ACLU, including their representation of people I agree with / don't agree with.

But, I'm not quite sure why they are representing Milo... mostly because he can afford and their resources are better spent on cases where people can't. If they just filled a Amicus brief in his defense, i'd be perfectly fine.

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They are not specifically representing milo.

> The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are ideologically diverse: the ACLU itself, an abortion provider, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and alt-right-Internet-troll-to-the-point-Twitter-actually-banned-him Milo Yiannopoulos.

It's a parade showing that the whole spectrum objects to this policy.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/dcs-transit-agen...

He's like the worse kind of person to stick on your campaign. The fact he's fleeced his followers on the Privilege Grant shows the kind of person he is (as in he's a con artist). The other people in the case are better picks for your "controversial but right" poster child whereas Milo is the "I'm a jerk that wants attention, money, and cocaine so I'm going to defraud you to get it" poster child.

Based on this article, it sounds like they're taking every opportunity they can get to fight this law (I'm assuming to establish the case law they want) rather than specifically choosing Milo.

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