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.
DETROIT — In a case with implications throughout the state, a federal judge has struck down the Michigan “verbal assault” law as violating the free speech rights of students. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan challenged the law on behalf of Alex Smith, an honor student at Mt.
DETROIT — A federal judge has ruled that the Dearborn student who was prohibited from wearing a t-shirt with a picture of President Bush that reads, "International Terrorist" must be allowed to wear the shirt to school.
Another deceptive bill to eliminate a woman’s right to choose passed the Senate today. The new bill, called the "legal birth definition act," is an attempt to ban all abortions and will put doctors in jeopardy of facing criminal charges even in cases of completing a miscarriage.
DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union learned today that Attorney General John Ashcroft will only be addressing law enforcement officials on his new national tour to defend the Patriot Act and the government’s war on terrorism when he comes to Detroit on Thursday.
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