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24 Aug 2020, 1:51 pm
The Committee will hear testimony from Jocelyn Benson, secretary of state in the state of Michigan, Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, and Tammy Patrick, senior advisor of elections at the democracy fund. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 10:57 am
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint (PDF) Wednesday on behalf of Robert Williams, a Michigan man who was arrested in January based on a false positive generated by facial recognition software. [read post]
26 May 2020, 11:35 am
” Inspired by and organized on the heels of the passage of the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, which granted reparations to Japanese-Americans for their unjust incarceration during World War II, NCOBRA reinvigorated the demand for reparations for African Americans and broadened the concept through public education, accompanied by legislative and litigation-based initiatives.Also encouraged by the 1988 Civil Liberties Act, Rep. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 9:29 am
Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) along with lawyers from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center and By Any Means Necessary Detroit have all joined the call for the release of the most vulnerable immigrant detainees currently held in ICE lockups. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 5:00 am
Additionally, Trump has openly insulted Democratic governors who have publicly criticized him, calling Washington’s Jay Inslee a “snake” and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer “the woman in Michigan” and “half-Whit. [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 12:52 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded 100 years ago in 1920. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 11:53 am
While the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has taken over the news, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been active to help protect inmates and those that may be incarcerated during this period. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the U.S. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
” The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
Judy Rabinovitz, special counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, promised to “continue working to permanently end this illegal and inhumane policy. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 7:45 am
Following the Civil War’s end in April 1865, the leadership of Reconstruction Republicans, pushed to secure the civil rights of newly freed African-Americans at a time when former Confederate states imposed “Black Codes” that deprived black Americans of basic liberties to restore them to slave-like status. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 3:00 am
By late summer, the two efforts merged as American diplomats used the withheld aid as leverage in the effort to win a public commitment from the new Ukrainian president to carry out the investigations Trump sought. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 1:55 pm
https://twitter.com/ACLU/statuses/1144797689030348801 As we mark three years since we put President-elect Trump on notice, we’ve filed over 100 lawsuits, and over 140 other legal actions — Freedom of Information Act requests, administrative complaints, and other legal mechanisms to halt illegal policies — against the president, his administration, or those inspired by his victory to cut back on civil rights and civil liberties. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
Researchers said the efforts demonstrated how those seeking to interfere in American politics continue to exploit contentious topics, including racial and religious fault lines. [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 11:14 am
David Cole for respondent Aimee Stephens (Art Lien) At the second argument this morning, David Cole of the American Civil Liberties Union argued on behalf of Aimee Stephens, a Michigan funeral director. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:00 am
This kind of rhetoric, experts say, is the hallmark of a new era of American political discourse: one that allows, even encourages, vitriolic verbal abuse of children and teenagers. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 12:05 pm
Michigan State University Associate Professor Tenure Track, East Lansing, M.I. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 9:05 pm
” The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Lawyers for Civil Rights sued the Trump Administration for ending a program that protected immigrants with life-threatening health conditions from deportation. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 3:00 am
‘If You’re a Good Worker, Papers Don’t Matter’: How a Trump construction crew has relied on immigrants without legal status MSN – Joshua Partlow and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) | Published: 8/9/2019 For years, a roving crew of Latin American employees has worked at Trump Organization properties throughout the country. [read post]
15 Apr 2019, 2:55 pm
From Jurist: The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a class action suit against magistrates, a chief judge and the county sheriff who preside over arraignments in Detroit, alleging that their broken bail system discriminates against the poor who... [read post]
