first amendment rights

Starting December 1st, applications for concealed pistol licenses will pass thru a different system in Michigan.A new state law taking effect eliminates…

Dozens of Michigan communities are getting letters from the American Civil Liberties Union warning them that their anti-panhandling laws may be…

The city of Birmingham has settled a federal lawsuit by adopting a new free speech policy.The Michigan ACLU sued the city after animal rights protesters…

Detroit and national news media are in an uproar after learning a news photographer was arrested for filming police last week.Detroit Free Press…

The Michigan Court of Appeals has tossed a big jury award in a former Detroit school teacher's whistleblower lawsuit.In 2004, Beverly Garvin claims a…

Correction: An earlier version of this story spelled "Corunna" incorrectly. It has been fixed.The Corunna Public School District is facing a federal…

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The city of Dearborn has paid $100,000 in legal fees to attorneys for a Christian evangelist whose free-speech rights were violated…

The free speech case of a controversial Florida Pastor best known for burning the Quran has started in Wayne County. A jury found Terry Jones guilty of…

Update 1:44 p.m.A federal judge has struck down the Michigan law that bars protests at funerals.Detroit U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington says the law…

A controversial Florida pastor is scheduled to begin a rally in downtown Dearborn at this hour. The rally will take place in front of Dearborn city hall.…