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DETROIT – In an effort to protect the free speech rights of the poor, the Wayne State Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Clinic filed a federal lawsuit today asserting that Waterford Township’s ordinance banning all begging is unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan calls on Governor Rick Snyder to veto legislation passed today by the Michigan Legislature that fails to provide a meaningful opportunity for review to over 360 individuals serving unconstitutional mandatory life without parole sentences for crimes c
In a unanimous decision late yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court struck down the City of Wyoming’s ordinance that bans medical marijuana because it directly violates the state’s Medical Marihuana Act.
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, along with the Detroit music duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP), filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Juggalos, or fans of ICP, claiming that their constitutional rights to expression and association were violated when the U.S.
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan, along with Cary McGehee of the law firm Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, filed an amended complaint in a federal lawsuit today on behalf of a woman who was forced out of work after she became pregnant.
DETROIT – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and the Fair Housing Center of Southeastern Michigan demanded that the Inkster Housing Commission halt the eviction proceedings of a pregnant woman facing eviction because she reported incidents of domestic violence to po