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Filtering Democracy: Receivership Board Decision Reminder that Elected Officials Still Lack Full Power in Flint
July 05, 2017If anyone thought democracy had actually been returned to the residents of Flint, the Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB) appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder just pulled out its hammer and shattered that illusion.
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LDF and ACLU of Michigan Continue to Fight for Flint Residents Once Again at Risk of Losing Homes
June 30, 2017This week, a Michigan state oversight board struck down a local moratorium on the issuance of property liens in Flint connected to unpaid bills for contaminated water. The result is that thousands of residents are once again at risk of losing their homes.
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ACLU Commends Grand Rapids Police Decision to End Trespass Policy That Led to Disproportionate Arrest of African-Americans
June 29, 2017The ACLU is hailing a recent decision by the Grand Rapids Police Department to end a policy that permitted police officers to arrest innocent people for trespassing at local businesses during operating hours—even when business owners didn’t ask them to leave.
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Political Speech and Youth Curfews on the Detroit RiverWalk
June 28, 2017The public walkway and parkland along the Detroit River in Detroit is managed by a private non-profit called the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy. However, until recently, the Conservancy was treating the land as private property. In 2013 the ACLU of Michigan wrote a letter explaining that becaus
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Hormone Therapy for Transgender Prisoner
June 26, 2017Josie Mills is a prisoner in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Although classified by MDOC as male, she has identified as female since she was a child. Prior to her incarceration she was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and was prescribed estrogen.
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Michigan Department of Corrections Revises Policy, Allows Transition-Related Care for Transgender Inmates
June 26, 2017The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has adopted a new policy for the care of transgender prisoners after a transgender woman incarcerated in a Michigan prison campaigned, with the help of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU of
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