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ACLU Urges Detroit To End Illegal Practice of Dumping Homeless People Outside City Limits, Files DOJ Complaint

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sent a letter to the Detroit Police Department and filed a complaint with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) today demanding an end to the Detroit police’s illegal and abusive tactics toward homeless individuals in the city.

April 18, 2013

Appeals Court Allows ACLU Lawsuit Seeking to Fix Public Defense System to Proceed

Lansing –The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to fix Michigan’s system for providing lawyers to poor people in criminal cases may proceed.

April 3, 2013

Appeals Court Allows ACLU Lawsuit Seeking to Fix Public Defense System to Proceed

LANSING, Mich. –The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to fix Michigan’s system for providing lawyers to poor people in criminal cases may proceed.

April 3, 2013

ACLU Sides with Farmer Cited for Political Signs Critical of Obama

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in support of a Gaines Charter Township man who was cited for placing large signs on his property that are critical of socialism and President Barack Obama.

April 1, 2013

Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Michigan's Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions

DETROIT – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear arguments in a case seeking to strike down Michigan’s Proposal 2 as unconstitutional because it bars students from lobbying universities to consider race as but one of nearly 100 factors in admissions.

March 25, 2013

ACLU Launches Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and affiliates in 22 other states simultaneously filed 255 public records requests today to determine the extent to which local police departments are using federally subsidized military technology and tactics that are traditionally used overseas.

March 6, 2013