Chief Aide to ACLU President Disbarred for Child Endangerment

Update: I telephoned President Nadine Strossen's office this morning, identifying myself as Maggie Thornton, a blogger from Maggie's Notebook, attempting to verify that Strossen's Chief Aide Steven Cunningham is one and the same as the convicted Steven C. Cunninham. Strossen's office, after putting me on hold for few seconds, replied:

"Unfortunately, I cannot confirm or deny that, at this time."

When I mentioned that I found this information on the New York Law School site, the woman again replied: "unfortunately, that's what we're hearing." My guess is, if the convicted Cunningham is not Strossen's Chief Aide, the denials would be loud and strong. End update. Begin Article. Steven C, Cunningham, Chief Aide to ACLU President Nadine Strossen, has been permanently disbarred and convicted of "attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child"...." Cunningham pled guilty to chatting online with a person he believed to be a 12-year-old boy, but was actually an undercover policeman. As a result of the conviction, Cunningham has lost his license to practice law in New Jersey, but is still licensed to practice in the state of New York. According to authorities, the disbarment will not affect his New York status, however, authorities there are being notified. In addition to disbarment, Cunningham is reportedly sentenced to parole supervision for the rest of his life. As of late evening April 17th, The New York ACLU website, here and here doesn't appear to be reporting the conviction. A Google search for "ACLU New York Steven Cunningham" produced a tag linking Steven Cunningham's name as Chief Aide to ACLU President Strossen. Following the link leads to The New York Law School page profiling Stossen with Cunningham's name prominently displayed. Note that the conviction and disbarment is of Steven C. Cunningham and the Chief Aide to Strossen is listed as Steven Cunningham. Perhaps it's possible that they are not one and the same. The New York office of the ACLU is not commenting and there's little main stream press on the story The page shows it was last modified at 5:42 p.m., April 17, 2007 Copied directly from The New York Law School page:

Steven Cunningham Chief Aide to President of the ACLU T: 212.431.2395 E: scunningham@nyls.edu Copyright 1997-2007 New York Law School · 57 Worth Street New York, NY 10013 · 212.431.2100 · Webmaster · Privacy · Terms Last Modified 4/17/2007 5:42:00 PM

Read the full story and the actual charges against this man at Stop the ACLU. For more on the ACLU, here's a recent report on a former ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Pornography Permalink for this entry: http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2007/04/chief-aide-to-aclu-president-disbarred.html Trackback URL for this entry: http://haloscan.com/tb/maggiesnotebook/6741864098828641413 Tracked back by: Florida 15th news from The Florida Masochist. Excerpt: 2006 was the closest Weldon has come to losing the seat and that was a heavily Democratic year. Unless the Congressman gets involved in some scandal, or the GOP tanks again in 2008, Weldon will coast to re-election Trackposted to Pet's Garden Blog, Perri Nelson's Website, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, third world county, basil's blog, Helium, Blue Star Chronicles, Stuck On Stupid, The Bullwinkle Blog, The Pet Haven, Conservative Thoughts, Right Voices, and The Yankee Sailor, Outside the Beltway, The Random Yak, Faultline USA, stikNstein... has no mercy, Adam's Blog, Shadowscope, Planck's Constant, Cao's Blog, The Amboy Times, and thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe. Tracked back by: Local (ACLU) lawyer permanently disbarred for child-sex online chats from Stop The ACLU. Excerpt: Monday, April 16, 2007 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Chatting online about sex with someone he believed was a 12-year-old boy has earned a Jersey City lawyer permanent disbarment in New Jersey, officials said. The disbarment is the re... Linked by: OTA-Sharpton on Gangsta Rap - Interview from Planck's Constant Technorati Tags: Stop the ACLU ACLU Sexual Predators ACLU President Nadine Strossen Chief Aide to ACLU President