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.
Even though Michigan voters legalized marijuana in 2018, not all marijuana cases that were pending at the time were dropped. One such case involves Tierra Posey, who was prosecuted by the City...
Homeowners in Detroit are experiencing a...
For two years the democratically elected commission to revise Detroit’s city charter worked with community groups to adopt more progressive policies for the city, and they presented their...
When police obtain a search warrant, the Fourth Amendment requires that the scope of the search be limited to a particular place and for evidence of the particular crime being investigated. In...