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ACLU Files Suit to Protect Student’s Right to Free Speech

DETROIT — Challenging a school’s decision to prohibit a student from wearing an anti-President Bush t-shirt, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit today in federal court against the Dearborn Public School for violating the First Amendment rights of their students.

March 27, 2003

Welfare Drug Testing Case Re-Heard by Appeals Court

The challenge to Michigan’s welfare drug testing law will be reviewed again, this time by all active judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals, when oral argument is heard on Wednesday, March 26. The law has not been enforced since 2000 when a U.S.

March 26, 2003

ACLU Condemns FBI Decision to Question Iraqis Not Under Suspicion

DETROIT – The FBI has told the ACLU that they will refuse to follow their previous practice in Michigan of providing assurances of the men's rights, specifically the right to an attorney, in advance of questioning Arab men.

March 20, 2003

Settlement Reached Between South Lyon Schools and Students Regarding Free Speech

DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced that a settlement agreement has been reached between the South Lyon Community Schools and the students who were suspended for distributing a newspaper entitled The First Amendment.

March 19, 2003

Firefighters Can Now Speak Out

A federal district court judge ruled today that a Frenchtown Charter Township ordinance that prohibits firefighters from speaking to the news media about any “fire department matters” — including matters of public concern is unconstitutional.

January 29, 2003

ACLU Gains Attention of Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

In an interesting turn of events this week, the ACLU of Michigan was victorious on two different cases that are before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

January 24, 2003