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I Had to Send Children to Prison
Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisThis is a guest blog from Judge Fred Mester, who served as a circuit court judge in Oakland County for 27 years. When a 14-year-old is sentenced to die in prison,...
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Lansing Watchdog: Discriminating against Loving Families
Share this on Facebook | Tweet This This Wednesday, the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee will consider legislation that would allow adoption agencies the right to discriminate against...
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Why Is Kyle Thompson Under House-Arrest?
Share this on Facebook | Tweet thisThis is a guest blog from Diana Scholl, Communications Strategist for the National ACLU. Kyle Thompson likes playing football, playing video games, and hanging out...
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Expelling Michigan's Future: Your Weekly Rights Review
What happens to a state that expells its children from school, bans free speech in public spaces, and allows illegal police practices to terrorize communities. We don't want to find out. Find out how...
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International Right to Know Day: Pursuing Openness and Accountability
Katie Haas, ACLU Human Rights Program Monday, we celebrated the 11th annual International Right to Know Day, recognizing the right of access to information and the importance of government...
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Why This New Teacher is Going to the Supreme Court
Share this on Facebook | Tweet This Guest post by Molly Nestor When Proposal 2 passed in 2006, it banned race-conscious college admissions policies in Michigan. I was only 16 — too young to vote but...
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Michigan Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Medical Marihuana Act
Share this on Facebook | Tweet This Dan Korobkin, Staff Attorney The ACLU is defending the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act before the state’s Supreme Court this week, and the stakes could not be higher....
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Are You Being Tracked?
Merissa Kovach, Field Organizer A little noticed surveillance technology, designed to track the movements of passing drivers, is fast proliferating America’s streets. Automatic license plate readers...
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Are You Ready for Marriage Equality in Michigan? Five Questions to Think About.
Jay Kaplan, LGBT Project Staff Attorney Today could be a big day for marriage equality in Michigan. Judge Bernard Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan...
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When No Decision is a Good Decision: Marriage Equality in Michigan
Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisJay Kaplan, LGBT Project Staff Attorney There was a lot of excitement among supporters of marriage equality swirling around the decision of one judge yesterday... and...
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Know Your Vote: Detroit Candidates' Positions on Civil Liberties
Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisWhat do you know about Detroit candidates and their positions on civil rights and civil liberties issues? At the ACLU of Michigan, we are passionate about a vast...
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Let MI Vote: The Law No One Wants
Merissa Kovach, Field OrganizerShare this on Facebook | Tweet This As early as next week, the Michigan Legislature could vote on a proposal that would ban Michigan health care policies from covering...
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Pregnant, In Pain, and Denied Care at a Hospital
Louise Melling, ACLU Deputy Legal DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet This When you show up at a hospital in need of medical aid, you expect that the doctors and nurses will figure out what's...
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Let Michigan Vote: A Doctor's Voice, A Woman's Life
Executive Board of the Michigan Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians & GynecologistsShare this on Facebook | Tweet This This week, the Michigan Legislature will have the opportunity to...
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Take Action: Call Legislators and Tell Them to Let Michigan Vote
Today, the Michigan Legislature could vote on a proposal that would ban any health care policy issued in Michigan from providing abortion coverage, making comprehensive health care near impossible to...
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Let Michigan Vote: Did your representative represent you?
Merissa Kovach, Field OrganizerShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Yesterday, the Michigan Legislature voted and passed an initiative that effectively bans any health care policy issued in Michigan...
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Your Baby or Your Job: Discriminating against Pregnant Workers
Share this on Facebook | Tweet This Asia Myers is expecting a baby girl in less than a month, but has a stack of bills courtesy of an employer that forced her to make an unthinkable choice between a...
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The True State of the State
ACLU of Michigan Executive Director Kary Moss In his State of the State address, Governor Snyder stressed the importance of pathways to prosperity in our state. I couldn't help but think of a young...
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Nationally, A Step Towards Safe and Fair Schools
Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisRodd Monts, Field Director Last week, the federal education and justice departments took a firm stance against overly punitive school discipline policies that push...
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A Project That Fights for Democracy
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet ThisAnother blog. That’s just what the world has been crying out for, right? Yet another blog. Especially one that doesn’t yet have a...
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