Press Releases

If you are a member of the media and wish to speak to an ACLU of Michigan expert, please email our Communications Director Ann Mullen at amullen@aclumich.org. If you are a member of the media and wish to receive ACLU of Michigan press releases, please send your name, the outlet for which you work, your email address, and phone number to amullen@aclumich.org with the subject line, Press Release list.

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ACLU Seeks Dismissal of Charges

Detroit -- The ACLU of Michigan today asked a Calhoun County prosecutor today to drop charges against Thomas Little, a resident of Marshall who was recently charged by a city police officer with a crime for displaying an American flag upside down during an anti-war protest.

April 27, 2006 Free Speech

ACLU Sues Metropark Over "Free Speech Zone"

DETROIT -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today against a Wayne County Metro Park for stopping an environmental advocate from holding a protest sign at park event where the U.S. Secretary of the Interior was speaking.

April 26, 2006 Free Speech

ACLU Files Brief

DETROIT — Today the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend of the court brief in support of litigation asking the State Supreme Court to reverse a lower court opinion that ordered the State Board of Canvassers to place on the November ballot a measure that would ban affirmative action. The Board complie

February 24, 2006 Voting Rights Racial Justice