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 July 2016 a 13-year-old student was forced to withdraw from a summer school program run by a public school district because he did not consent to a daily pat-down frisk and a search of his backpack. The...
In May 2015 the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Michigan Secretary of State’s policy making it extremely burdensome and in some cases impossible for a transgender person to get the gender...
Christina Milliner is the mother of a premature infant whom she breastfeeds every few hours based upon the advice of her doctor. She is also on probation, and after missing several probation appointments...
After a ten-year-old Detroit Public Schools student with special needs was accused of throwing toilet paper, she was dragged to the principal’s office and placed in handcuffs by a police officer. The girl...