Press Releases

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Criminal Charges Brought Against Two High-Ranking State Health Officials in Flint Water Crisis

Statement from ACLU of Michigan Executive Director, Kary Moss, on today's charges in the Flint Water Crisis:

June 14, 2017

Billboards In Arabic, English, and Spanish Intended to Remind the Public That ‘We The People’ Means Everyone

In an effort to remind the public about its First Amendment rights and to reassure immigrants that constitutional protections extend to them as well, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan on Monday launched a public-education campaign that features the First Amendment printed in Arabic,

June 5, 2017

Supreme Court to Hear First Cell Phone Location Data Case

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a landmark case on whether the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cell phone location history. The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan are co-counsel in the case, Carpenter v. United States.

June 5, 2017

State Supreme Court Puts on Hold Trial of Man Charged for Facebook Comment

The state Supreme Court yesterday decided to put on hold the trial of Nheru Littleton, a Detroit man who was arrested last year and charged with making "terroristi

June 1, 2017

ACLU, Nearly 300 Michigan Attorneys Urge ICE to End Immigration Arrests at Courthouses

Nearly 300 Michigan attorneys and 20 Michigan legal organizations, including the ACLU of Michigan, called Thursday for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop its growing practice of arresting individuals in and around courthouses, warning that the arrests would undermine immigrants’ wi

June 1, 2017

ACLU, ACRL Return To Court In Continuing Effort To Compel The White House To Produce Giuliani Commission Memo About Muslim Ban

As part of an ongoing attempt to expose the true intentions behind President Trump’s Muslim ban, the ACLU of Michigan, the Arab American Civil Rights League (ACRL) and others filed a motion to compel the White House to turn over a memo from a commission established by Rudolph Giuliani prior to th

May 26, 2017