Press Releases

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Michigan School District Takes Action To Stop Racism After Student Is Attacked

DETROIT – As the country focuses on the 50th anniversary of Brown v.

May 19, 2004

Ashcroft Visit to Detroit Will Not Include Seeing the Public

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union learned today that Attorney General John Ashcroft will only be addressing law enforcement officials on his new national tour to defend the Patriot Act and the government’s war on terrorism when he comes to Detroit on Thursday.

August 19, 2003

ACLU Files First Challenge to USA PATRIOT Act

DETROIT – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed the first legal challenge to the USA PATRIOT Act, taking aim at a section of the controversial law that vastly expands the power of FBI agents to secretly obtain records and personal belongings of innocent people in the United States, inclu

July 30, 2003

Judge Rejects Meijer's Attempt to Censor Accusations of Anti-Arab Bias

DETROIT - The ACLU of Michigan announced today that a federal judge rejected Meijer’s attempt to halt distribution of flyers criticizing a Meijer gas station clerk for anti-Arab bias.

June 10, 2003

ACLU Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action

DETROIT — In a landmark case being argued tomorrow before the Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union will urge the Justices to uphold the admission policies of the University of Michigan, which seeks to promote a diverse student body by employing affirmative action programs.

March 31, 2003

ACLU Condemns FBI Decision to Question Iraqis Not Under Suspicion

DETROIT – The FBI has told the ACLU that they will refuse to follow their previous practice in Michigan of providing assurances of the men's rights, specifically the right to an attorney, in advance of questioning Arab men.

March 20, 2003