Press Releases

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Court Will Hear Arguments on December 3 in Challenge to PATRIOT Act

The American Civil Liberties Union will present arguments in the first case to review the constitutionality of a controversial section of the PATRIOT Act.

November 26, 2003

PATRIOT Act Fears Are Stifling Free Speech, ACLU Says in Challenge to Law

NEW YORK – Fear of the PATRIOT Act has caused a dramatic decline in memberships and donations at mosques and forced a church-sponsored group that aids refugees to change its record-keeping practices, the American Civil Liberties Union said in legal papers filed today in Detroit.

November 3, 2003

ACLU Files First Challenge to USA PATRIOT Act

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed the first legal challenge to the USA PATRIOT Act, taking aim at a section of the controversial law that vastly expands the power of FBI agents to secretly obtain records and personal belongings of innocent people in the United States, inclu

July 30, 2003

Ann Arbor City Council Passes Civil Liberties Resolution

Ann Arbor -- Last night the Ann Arbor City Council passed, by a 9-2 vote, a resolution to safeguard the civil liberties of Ann Arbor residents in the wake of post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation and executive orders. Passage of the resolution makes Ann Arbor the 137th city in the U.S.

July 8, 2003

Firefighters Can Now Speak Out

A federal district court judge ruled today that a Frenchtown Charter Township ordinance that prohibits firefighters from speaking to the news media about any “fire department matters” — including matters of public concern is unconstitutional.

January 29, 2003

ACLU Adds Staff Attorney to Coordinate Post 9/11 Activities

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is pleased to announce that Noel Saleh, a prominent and longtime immigration attorney in the Detroit area, joined the staff in January 2003 to expand outreach to the Arab community and coordinate legal work developed in response to new gove

January 6, 2003