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Marriage Matters: Drawing a Roadmap for Marriage Nationwide
David M. Moss, Stewardship & Events ManagerShare this on Facebook | Tweet This It’s 2014. It’s the future! Still, every day I'm shocked that parts of our nation still seem trapped in a time warp....
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Justice for Kosgar: Confessions of an Innocent Mind
Lynne Martinez, Lansing Branch PresidentSofia Rahman, Legal FellowShare this on Facebook | Tweet This We all expect police to serve and protect. A new state law allows innocent people to be charged...
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Marriage Matters: A Day of Weddings
Guest post by Naomi Zikmund-Fisher Share this on Facebook If I hadn’t gone to the Washtenaw County Clerk’s office on Saturday morning, I don’t think I could live with myself. I wanted to be able to...
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Marriage Matters: Take Action to Support Marriage Equality
Guest post from Ken Mogill, part of the legal team for April DeBoer and Jayne RowseShare this on Facebook | Tweet This I've been happily married for nearly 33 years. I know first-hand how much marriage...
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Democracy Watch | Operation: Takeover
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr stood behind a lectern in a ballroom on the University of Michigan’s campus, telling an...
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Marriage Matters: We're not buying "just doing my job"
Kary Moss, Executive DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet This I’ve been fielding questions about Judge Bernard Friedman’s historic ruling recognizing that allowing same-sex couples to marry is a...
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Democracy Watch: Bankruptcy Pivot Point
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr sat on the witness stand last Thursday, trying to convince U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen...
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Guest Post: Finding Community in a Courtroom
Guest post by Pamela Wall, Clinical Law StudentShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Terribly important civil rights work can be terribly upsetting, I’ve found. When I signed on to be a student in the...
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What's Lost After the Supreme Court's Decision in Schuette
Guest post by Dennis Parker, Director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program There are many individuals and groups in Michigan who lost as a result of yesterday's United States Supreme Court decision in...
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Democracy Watch: With Mouths Taped Shut
Curt Guyette, Investigative ReporterShare this on Facebook | Tweet This When the ACLU of Michigan Flint Branch held a panel discussion on emergency management last week, activist Claire McClinton...
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Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law Finally In Court – Will it Stay There?
Share this on Facebook | Tweet ThisSo many opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager law showed up for a hearing at the federal court in Detroit on Wednesday that U.S. District Judge George Caram...
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Students deserve the best education, not the cheapest.
Kary Moss, Executive DirectorShare this on Facebook | Tweet This“Substantial staffing reductions.” Reduced support service necessary to “meet required obligations only.” Elimination of elective...
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They Don't Want You To Know: Shedding Light on Surveillance in Michigan
Sofia Rahman, Legal FellowShare on Facebook | Tweet This The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office recently became the first in Michigan to purchase a Hailstorm device, an incredibly powerful surveillance...
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Fighting Judgment: Being Poor isn't a Crime
Julia Henshaw, West Michigan Legal and Program Associate Share this on Facebook | Tweet This When the rights of one group are threatened by government intrusion, all our rights are in peril. Freedom in...
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Another victory for free speech in politics
James Hendrikson, ACLU of Michigan InternShare this on Facebook | Tweet this Fans of free speech can breathe a sigh of relief, as the State of Michigan has backed off of an unconstitutional policy...
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Five Facts About Our Summer Communications Intern: Jonathan Moore
Jonathan Moore, ACLU of Michigan Communications InternComing home to Detroit after my first year in college at Tufts University near Boston has been made all the more insightful and interesting by...
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Ending Discrimination in Sterling Heights
Jay Kaplan, LGBT Project Staff AttorneyShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Today, Sterling Heights will vote on an ordinance that would protect its citizens from discrimination, banning discrimination...
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Catch up on the Case: Insane Clown Posse Versus the FBI
Share this on Facebook | Tweet This This afternoon, we're in court where a federal judge will hear arguments in our lawsuit with the Insane Clown Posse. The lawsuit challenges the FBI’s erroneous and...
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SCOTUS Rules Police Need a Warrant for Your Cellphone
Sofia Rahman, Legal FellowShare this on Facebook | Tweet this Today, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest. This...
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Three Ways You'd Be Better Off as a Business
Jonathan Moore, ACLU of Michigan Communications InternShare this on Facebook | Tweet This Today in “Companies Are Just Like Us” news, the Supreme Court has decided that Hobby Lobby, a for-profit chain...
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