I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A federal judge has ruled that an American Civil Liberties Union suit that challenges Michigan’s juvenile life without parole sentences may proceed.
The ACLU sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that the Obama administration live up their repeated promise not to prosecute people for using medical marijuana in compliance with state and local laws.
The ACLU of Michigan was in federal court this week to argue that the Michigan law that allows children to be sentenced to life in prison without parole violates the U.S. Constitution.
Friday was not a good day for Michigan’s controversial medical marijuana law, with two separate court cases being denied by one state court and one federal court.
Two Lenawee County communities have joined the ranks of dozens of other municipalities around the state that are wrestling with the state’s medical marijuana law, according to reports in the Adrian Daily Telegram.
The Wyoming City Council voted unanimously Monday night to ban medical marijuana in the city. Wyoming is a suburb of Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Press reports the move was made by the council because the body believes the law approving medical marijuana poses a danger to the community.
It seems the pressure is increasing in the Michigan Attorney General’s office. Andrew Shirvell, the assistant AG who is gaining national attention for his virulently anti-gay attacks an stalker-like behavior toward a U of M student leader, has now taken a “personal” leave of absence. The ACLU is also backing Cox’s statement that Shirvell’s off-duty [...]
The ACLU has filed suit against the federal Customs and Border Protection agency over the practice of searching electronic devices carried by those crossing American borders without any individualized suspicion to justify the search. The case is Abidor v Napolitano. The ACLU has released the results of a Freedom of Information Act request on the [...]
The state’s highest court has thrown out an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that argued that the state of Michigan was not ensuring adequate representation for poor people who cannot afford lawyers. According to the Detroit Free Press, in a 4-3 ruling today the court reversed a May decision to allow the case to go [...]
In a friend of the court filing in Macomb County Circuit Court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has asked that bio-terrorism charges against an HIV-positive man be dismissed. The ACLU filed the brief in the case of Daniel Allen, a 44-year-old Clinton Township man. Allen was arrested in October of 2009 following a [...]
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