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ACLU Slams Michigan Supreme Court Decision to Dismiss Public Defense Case

Detroit – The American Civil Liberties Union slammed a Michigan Supreme Court decision today dismissing a lawsuit seeking to fix Michigan’s system for providing defense to poor people in criminal cases just three months after the court unanimously allowed the case to proceed.

July 16, 2010

ACLU LGBT Staff Attorney Honored for Creative Leadership in Human Rights

DETROIT -- The National Education Association will present American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan LGBT Project Staff Attorney with the Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights at its Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner tonight in New Orleans.

July 2, 2010

ACLU Sues Wal-Mart on Behalf of Cancer Patient Fired for Legally Using Medical Marijuana

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Michigan in partnership with the law firm of Daniel W. Grow, PLLC, filed a lawsuit today against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

June 29, 2010

Michigan Agrees to Stop Unlawful Voter-Purge Programs

DETROIT – The state of Michigan has agreed to stop two voter-purge programs that unlawfully disfranchised thousands of Michigan voters in violation of federal law.

June 25, 2010

ACLU Urges Ironwood Officials to Uphold the Free Speech Rights of Public Employees

IRONWOOD, MICH.

June 4, 2010

Judge Dismisses Bioterrorism Charge Against HIV-Positive Man

DETROIT – A Macomb County Circuit Court judge dismissed a bioterrorism charge late Wednesday against an HIV-positive man accused of biting his neighbor. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan urged the court to drop the charges in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in March.

June 3, 2010