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 2024 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2023-2024.
In 2018 the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting a group of students in Detroit who sued the state over its lack of support for literacy in the...
Benton Harbor, Michigan has a population that is 85 percent African American, and the poverty rate is 48 percent. By 2011 the school district’s debt had ballooned to $18 million. ...
When the police don’t have enough evidence to get a search warrant, they sometimes employ a procedure they have nicknamed “knock and talk” to investigate further. Courts have ruled that a police officer has...
In January 2016, Detroit police officers arrived at the home of Nikita Smith with a search warrant. Ms. Smith told the police that she owned three dogs and offered to put them in a separate room so they...
In a sweeping decision that should tear down barriers to justice for students with disabilities across the country, the ACLU of Michigan won a unanimous victory in the U.S. Supreme Court on...