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December 2002
- ACLU Miami Chapter Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit on Behalf of Mentally-Ill Man Killed at the Hands of Miami Police
- ACLU Calls Immigrant Registration Program Pretext for Mass Detentions
- Broward Civil Rights Activists, Religious Leaders and Immigrant Advocates Form Coalition Urging Repeal of Anti-Civil Liberties Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act
- ACLU Broward Chapter Annual Meeting: Featuring Congressman Alcee L. Hastings as Keynote Speaker and Civil Libertarian Career Achievement Honorees: Congresswoman Carrie Meek and Broward County Library Director Samuel F. Morrison
- ACLU Challenges City-Imposed Security Fees at 1999 Los Van Van Concert
- ACLU of Florida Criticizes President's Faith-Based Programs
November 2002
- Findings on Miami-Dade Elections Show Improvements Still Needed, Coalition Says
- ACLU-FL Executive Director in Bradenton Sunday to Discuss (Ill) Health of the Bill of Rights
- ACLU Hails Court Decision Reinstating Cable Access Funding
- ACLU Urges Broward Elections Supervisor to Deliver Backup Voting Machines, Use Paper Ballots to Avoid Gridlock During Peak Voting Hours
- ACLU Urges Voters to Call Toll-free Hotline to Report Election Day Voting Problems
- Attention High School Seniors: It's Time to Apply for the 2003 ACLU Activist Scholarship
- ACLU Files Lawsuit Against City of Tampa for Violation of Protestors' Free Speech Rights at Rally for President Bush
- ACLU Asks Florida Court to Strike Down Tell-All Adoption Law
- ACLU Urges Dade Election Officials to Include Sample Kreyol Ballots in Countywide Mailing to Households
October 2002
- ACLU Files Federal Fair Housing Lawsuit on Behalf of Port Richey Foster Family
- Panel Discussion on Civil Liberties Implications of USA PATRIOT Act Features High-Profile Attorney Caught in Anti-Terrorism Backlash
- Analysis of September 10th Voting Fiasco in Miami Dade Demonstrates Disproportionate Impact on Racial Minorities, ACLU Says
- ACLU Mobilizes Members and Supporters Nationwide to Keep America "Safe and free
- Time to Balance the Scales: A Death Row Survivor Speaks Out Across Florida
September 2002
- ACLU Hails Victory as Florida Voters Reject Effort to Overturn Local Gay Rights Law: Statement of Howard Simon, Executive Director, ACLU of Florida
- ACLU Condemns Hillsborough Commissioners for Cutting Cable Access Funding, Files First Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Contract Termination
- Panel Discussion on Civil Liberties Implications of USA PATRIOT Act Features High-Profile Attorney Caught in Anti-Terrorism Backlash
- Settlement Reached in Florida Election Lawsuit; Punch Card System Continues to Face Scrutiny Nationwide
- ACLU Urges Lawmakers to Investigate Racial Profiling And Recklessness by Federal Air Marshals
- High School Students Face Off on Live Bill of Rights Quiz Show To Air on September 25 on Cable TAP Community Channel 36.
- Community Leaders Demand Countywide Election Reforms Prior to November Election
- ACLU Condemns Latest Florida Voting Fiasco, Warns November Elections Will Be Worse
- Nationwide Screening of Documentary on Florida's 2000 Presidential Election Premieres at the Lyric Theatre
August 2002
July 2002
- ACLU Adds Staff for Campaign to Retain Miami-Dade County's Ban on Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
- Voting Rights Workshop
in South Dade Features
Variety of Services - ACLU, Haitian Grassroots Coalition Issue Renewed Call for Release of Haitian Asylum Seekers in Response to TGK Visit by INS Chief James W. Ziglar
- Leon County Circuit Court Scheduled to Hear Arguments in Lawsuit Challenging Florida Voucher Scheme
June 2002
- Highs & Lows: Rulings on Death Penalty, Vouchers and Drug Testing Close Supreme Court's 2001 Term
- ACLU Responds to U.S. Supreme Court decisions on school vouchers and student drug testing
- ACLU Sends Letter to Miami-Dade School Board Urging Reconsideration of Proposed Bible Curriculum
- ACLU and FADP Question Whether the Report from the Commission on Capital Cases Will Be Used As A Political Tool
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission Agrees to Attend an Informal Briefing on Discriminatory INS Policy of Detaining Haitian Asylum Seekers
- Heated Discussion on Miami-Dade Human Rights Ordinance Airs Live on June 19 on WLRN Community Channel 36
- Live Television Show on Civil Liberties Airs Weekly on WLRN Community Channel 36
May 2002
- ACLU Urges Court to Set Standards for Touch-Screen Voting to Safeguard Voters' Rights in Disputed Palm Beach Election
- Two Bloomingdale High School Seniors Protest Ban on Wearing Slacks During Graduation Ceremony
- Data on Face-Recognition Test at Palm Beach Airport Further Demonstrates Systems' Fatal Flaws, ACLU Says
- Palestinian Professor Challenges Detention By INS As Illegal
- ACLU Urges County Commission to Enact Ordinance Prohibiting Local Police Enforcement of Immigration Laws
- ACLU Launches National Ad Campaign on Treatment of Immigrants in the Wake of September 11
- Local Community Leaders and Organizations Host Workshop to Restore Voting Rights
- Local Community Leaders
Discuss Need to Restore
Ex-Felons' Voting Rights on Live, Call-in Show on Channel 36
April 2002
- ACLU Applauds Changes to Application for Restoration of Civil and Voting Rights, Calls Upon Governor to Amend the Rules to Make Regaining the Vote Easier
- Community Leaders to Discuss Civilian Oversight of Police on ACLU's Live Call-in Show Airing April 24
- Florida Trying to Muzzle Children's Advocates who Contend Gay Adoption Ban 'Hurts' Kids, ACLU Says
- Release of 100th Death Row Inmate with Evidence of Innocence Shows Urgent Need for Statewide Moratorium on Executions
- ACLU Urges Department of Juvenile Justice to Reconsider Random Drug Testing of Employees
March 2002
- Child Welfare, Civil Rights Advocates Call on State Officials to Keep Family at Center of Gay Adoption Battle Together
- ACLU Calls for Removal of Controversial See-Through Scanner in Orlando
- ACLU Launches Special Web Site to Fight Florida's Gay Adoption Ban, Protect Families
- 'We Were Wrong,' Say Former Legislators Who Voted for Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Nearly 25 years ago
February 2002
- Immigrants' Rights Advocates Urge Gov. Bush to Abandon Drivers License Rules that Discriminate Against Non-Citizens
- Miami Federal Court Hearing Set for Thursday in ACLU Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Voting Methods in Town of Manalapan
- High Court Hears Arguments on Ohio Vouchers; ACLU Says Decision Will Have Nationwide Impact
- Mainstream Children's Groups Urge Appeals Court to Overturn Florida Gay Adoption Ban
- ACLU of Florida Comments on Supreme Court Hearing on Constitutionality of School Vouchers in Cleveland
- Landmark ACLU Case Challenging Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Reaches Federal Appeals Court
- Community Coalition Urges Changes in Civilian Investigative Panel
- ACLU Urges Governor Bush to Grant Clemency in Case of Mentally Ill Man Scheduled for Execution
January 2002
