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Nov 13, 2015

ACLU of Michigan Mobile Justice App Aims to Stop Police Brutality

A community activist in Flint reached out to me with alarming news about a 7-year-old boy who...

Nov 11, 2015

Revised EPA Memo Raises Troubling Questions Amid Flint Water Crisis

The ongoing Flint water crisis generated headlines last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

Nov 6, 2015

Progress Shows in Court to Change Michigan ID Policy

As I sat in Judge Edmund’s courtroom Wednesday afternoon, listening to arguments in our case of Love v. Johnson, I felt this strong surge of...

Nov 5, 2015

ACLU Lawyers Argue That Michigan Secretary of State ID Policy Is Illegal

DETROIT—Lawyers from the ACLU and the ACLU of Michigan argued Wednesday against a Michigan Secretary of State policy that prevents many transgender men and women from correcting the gender on their driver’s...

Nov 3, 2015

Lansing Watchdog: Bipartisanship Drives Criminal-Justice Reform

ACLU at the Michigan Capitol – November 2, 2015

Bipartisanship is flourishing lately. Not so much among our elected officials – unsurprising given that legislative transformation...

ACLU at the Michigan Capitol – November 2, 2015

Bipartisanship is flourishing lately. Not so much among our elected officials – unsurprising given that legislative transformation...

Nov 3, 2015

Love v. Johnson Marks ACLU of Michigan's Fight Against Discriminatory State ID Policy

Today at 2 p.m., this Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015, I'll be sitting in federal Judge Nancy Edmond's court—room 858, located at 231 W. Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Detroit—watching the ACLU of Michigan, in...