ACLU

Founded 1920, the ACLU is a civil-liberties absolutist: free speech (even for hated groups), separation of church and state, criminal-justice reform, immigrants' rights, anti-surveillance, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, against the death penalty. Cornyn earns more ACLU credit than Paxton on church-state separation (no Ten Commandments mandate co-sponsorship, RFMA vote provides federal marriage recognition), on free-press posture, and on absence of religious-minority-targeting litigation. Paxton loses heavily on church-state separation (Ten Commandments, school prayer, CAIR investigation), on the Texas v. Pennsylvania voting-rights lawsuit, and on the use of state power for cultural-conservative ends. Both lose substantially on the ACLU's broader framework (abortion, LGBTQ federal protections, immigration enforcement, criminal-justice reform).