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.
Anyone who is in state custody pursuant to a state-court conviction has the right to file a petition for habeas corpus in federal court to review the constitutionality of their conviction...
Before potential jurors can be selected for a trial, a question-and-answer process known as “voir dire” is used to test whether they can be impartial, unbiased, and don’t have any conflicts of interest.
Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency relied on a flawed computer program to falsely accuse thousands of citizens of insurance fraud and wrongfully eliminate their unemployment benefits...
Federal and state laws require jails and prisons to protect minors from physical and sexual abuse, including by keeping minors physically separate from adults. Despite that legal requirement, in July 2021 a...