The ACLU of Michigan files lawsuits that impact people’s rights by setting a legal precedent, or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. Our current Fall 2022 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2021-2022.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Michigan faces an imminent threat to reproductive freedom and access to abortion: an archaic state law from 1931 that...
Like many jurisdictions, Oakland County operates probation-style diversionary programs that allow individuals who are convicted of low-level offenses to serve their sentence in the...
Carrie Pueblo and her same-sex partner, Rachel Haas, decided to have a child together by artificial insemination, with Ms. Haas serving as the parent who would carry the child. At...
In 2019 the ACLU of Michigan brought a lawsuit under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act after Calhoun County refused to respond to a request for records about the detention of Jilmar Ramos-...