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ACLU Sues Mackinac Island for Disability Law Violations

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit today against the City of Mackinac Island for refusing to grant a resident with a Multiple Sclerosis his request to use an electric-assisted tricycle.

June 20, 2002

ACLU Files Motion Requesting Chief Judge Return Second Parent Adoption Cases

The ACLU of Michigan filed a motion today requesting that Chief Judge Archie Brown return the second parent adoption cases to Judge Donald E. Shelton. Judge Brown had removed the cases from Judge Shelton's docket because he disagreed with Shelton's rulings on these kinds of cases.

June 14, 2002

ACLU of Michigan and Concerned Attorneys Object to Chief Judge's Directive

Detroit - Today the ACLU of Michigan, together with concerned attorneys, asked Archie C. Brown, Chief Judge of the Washtenaw County Trial Court, to rescind a directive that he issued on June 4, 2002 to judges within his district.

June 11, 2002

Mackinac Island Charged With Violating Disabilities Act

In a letter sent today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan charged Mackinac Island officials with violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to grant a resident with multiple sclerosis his request to use an electric-assisted tricycle.

June 7, 2002

ACLU Sues South Lyon Community Schools for Suspending Student Authors

DETROIT — Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit in federal court against the South Lyon Community Schools for suspending two students who wrote a newspaper entitled The First Amendment. The school suspended the students for five days.

June 6, 2002

High Court Ruling Could Free Hundreds of Michigan Prisoners

Today the ACLU of Michigan, in a letter to district court judges across the state, requested that steps be taken to free prisoners who were either convicted on or who pled guilty to misdemeanor charges and not afforded or waived right to counsel prior to the sentencing.

May 22, 2002