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.
Despite the courts being clear that it is unconstitutional to prohibit panhandling on a public sidewalk, a number of municipalities continue to enforce local anti-begging ordinances. In Waterford Township,...
Despite the courts being clear that it is unconstitutional to prohibit panhandling on a public sidewalk, a number of...
Before courts recognized that abusive interrogation techniques could easily lead to a false confession and a miscarriage of justice, police routinely administered the “third degree” on suspects they thought...
African Americans constitute 13 percent of the U.S. population, but 40 percent of U.S. prisoners. Black males are jailed at a rate of more than 6.5 times that of white males.
In order to address the...