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 April 2015, law enforcement officers representing a task force that includes the Detroit Police Department, the Social Security Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and U.S....
In 2011 the Michigan Secretary of State’s office implemented a policy that prohibited transgender persons from correcting the gender marker on their driver’s licenses unless they can...
On September 11, 2011, a woman of Middle Eastern and Jewish descent named Shoshana Hebshi was sitting in the same row as two men of Indian descent on a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Detroit. When...
The Supreme Court has ruled that just as the Constitution guarantees the right to an attorney, the Constitution also guarantees the right to represent yourself if you do not want an attorney. If you are...