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Judge Orders Prison Staff to Stop Reading Mail Between Prisoners and Lawyers

Representing Michigan prisoners, the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project filed objections to MDOC’s legal mail policy that was revised shortly after the Anthrax threats that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001.

DOJ Exempts FBI Database from Privacy Act

On March 24, 2003, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a final rule without public comment that exempts the FBI's National Crime Information Center database from the Privacy Act. This means that the FBI no longer needs to ensure the accuracy and timeliness before loading incriminating info

Service Dog Allowed to Accompany Kindergartner to School, ACLU Announces

Napoleon, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan applauded the Napoleon Community Schools decision to permit a doctor-prescribed service dog to accompany a 6-year-old student with cerebral palsy.

ACLU Files Religious Liberty Lawsuit on Behalf of Ninth Grader Facing Expulsion

DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit on behalf of a ninth grader at Old Redford Academy, a public charter school in Detroit, who is facing expulsion for his refusal to comply with a strict dress code requiring all male students to maintain “closely cropped” hai

Government Prepares to Investigate Thousands

The Michigan ACLU announced today that pamphlets advising people about their rights when stopped or questioned by the FBI, police or INS officials are available in English, Spanish and Arabic.

Diversity in Education

DETROIT — Saying that diversity in higher education is a "compelling government interest," a federal judge today rejected an attempt to dismantle the University of Michigan's affirmative action program.