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ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Domestic Abuse Victim Who Was Evicted

DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against a Detroit landlord after the company evicted a domestic violence victim from her home.

Parent Jailed For Refusing to Obey Unconstitutional Visitation Order

The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP) are seeking the release of a father who has been unjustly jailed for not complying with a grandparent visitation order. The order was based on a Michigan law that has since been struck down as unconstitutional.

ACLU Fights Eviction of Domestic Abuse Victim

Detroit — In a letter to an apartment management company today, the national American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan urged a Detroit landlord to revise a policy that evicts all tenants

U.S. Court of Appeals Strikes Down Law

DETROIT - Today, in a significant victory for the right to counsel, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals struck down a Michigan law that would have prevented judges from appointing lawyers to represent poor people on appeal in guilty plea cases.

ACLU Wins Drug Testing Lawsuit in Court of Appeals

In a victory for privacy rights, the ACLU of Michigan announced today that a special 12-member panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has halted the State’s attempt to impose mandatory drug tests on all welfare recipients.

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law

WASHINGTON - In an historic decision with wide-ranging implications, the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas law that makes some kinds of sexual intimacy a crime, but only for gay people.