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ACLU Urges Oakland County Cities to Respect Rights of Medical Marijuana Patients

Detroit – In a letter today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham officials to uphold the rights of medical marijuana patients by clarifying or rescinding city ordinances that violate Michigan’s medical marijuana law.

July 29, 2010

ACLU, Detroit Police Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced today that it has settled its lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department on behalf of pregnant officers who were automatically forced to go on unpaid leave while pregnant.

July 28, 2010

ACLU Seeks Records About FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data in Michigan

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today asked the FBI to turn over records related to the agency’s collection and use of race and ethnicity data in local communities.

July 27, 2010

ACLU Slams Michigan Supreme Court Decision to Dismiss Public Defense Case

Detroit – The American Civil Liberties Union slammed a Michigan Supreme Court decision today dismissing a lawsuit seeking to fix Michigan’s system for providing defense to poor people in criminal cases just three months after the court unanimously allowed the case to proceed.

July 16, 2010

ACLU LGBT Staff Attorney Honored for Creative Leadership in Human Rights

DETROIT -- The National Education Association will present American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan LGBT Project Staff Attorney with the Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights at its Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner tonight in New Orleans.

July 2, 2010

ACLU Sues Wal-Mart on Behalf of Cancer Patient Fired for Legally Using Medical Marijuana

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan in partnership with the law firm of Daniel W. Grow, PLLC, filed a lawsuit today against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

June 29, 2010