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.
Jenna Sehl, a transgender woman, has health insurance coverage with Priority Health, which participates in the health insurance marketplace under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA...
A non-ACLU lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of two lesbian mothers who were denied the ability to jointly adopt their three special-needs children. The suit alleges that to deny gay parents the...
Each year since 2012, the Detroit City Council has passed “emergency” ordinances making it a crime for minors to leave their homes without their parents after 6 p.m. at the annual fireworks night in late...
Paula Shea, a senior at Oakridge High School in Muskegon, wanted to wear dress pants to her high school graduation. When she was told she couldn’t, she did some research, found that requiring girls to wear...