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ACLU, Detroit Agree on Interim Rules to Protect Free Speech in Public Parks

DETROIT -- In an effort to settle an ACLU of Michigan lawsuit that accuses the private groups that manage and secure Detroit’s Campus Martius Park of illegally banning activists, the City of Detroit agreed on Thursday to immediately implement a series of interim rules designed to safeguard free-s

April 8, 2015

New Project Launched to Investigate Life Without Parole Sentences for Juveniles

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it has been awarded a grant of $100,000 by the JEHT Foundation to form the Juvenile Life Without Parole Initiative to investigate the issues surrounding the growing number of children sentenced to life sentences without the possi

March 31, 2015

ACLU of Michigan Applauds Court Order Permitting Street Musicians to Play on Saugatuck Public Sidewalks

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

March 27, 2015

ACLU of Michigan Urges Public School District to Remove Religion from Job Posting

GRAND RAPIDS — Warning against the unconstitutional use of religious beliefs as employment criteria in public education, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in a letter today urged administrators in the McBain school district to remove from a job posting a requirement that superintende

March 3, 2015

Federal Court Approves Settlement Requiring Warren to Give Atheists Equal Access to City Hall

DETROIT—In a victory for religious freedom, a federal judge today approved a settlement requiring the City of Warren to allow an atheist to set up a “reason station” inside city hall after the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation sued

February 23, 2015

Experts Join Call For State Supreme Court to Hear “Right-to-Read” Appeal

DETROIT — As part of an ongoing push to guarantee a quality education for all Michigan schoolchildren, 35 respected education experts today joined with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan to urge the state Supreme Court to review a lower-court decision that said the state has no legal

February 13, 2015