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December 2003
November 2003
- Federal Judge Orders City of Miami to Refund Security Fees at 1999 Los Van Van Concert
- ACLU Launches 24-Hour Hot Line to Assist FTAA Protesters, Issues "Rights of Protesters" Pamphlets
- ACLU Files Brief in Case Challenging Indictment of Greenpeace Activists
- Federal Magistrate Rules Police Violated Rights of Key West Journalist Arrested for Making Critical Statements
October 2003
- ACLU Joins With Schiavo Legal Team to Ask a Pinellas Judge to Strike Special Law That Reverses Court Order, Violates Patient's Privacy Rights
- Sarasota Becomes Latest "Civil Liberties Safe Zone," Joins Communities Nationwide to Oppose Portions of the USA PATRIOT Act
September 2003
- ACLU Letter to Miami City Commission Says Proposed Protest Ordinance Effectively "Obliterates the First Amendment"
- ACLU Miami Chapter Files Suit
on Behalf of Miami-Dade
Firefighters Wrongly Suspended in Aftermath of 9-11 - Appeals Court Strikes Down Law Forcing Parents to Pay Costs of Housing Juveniles Released from State Custody
- Panel on "The War on Our Freedoms" Features Lively Discussion with Lead Attorney in ACLU Challenge to USA PATRIOT Act
- ACLU Reaches Out to Youth with First-Ever College Freedom Tour
- September 10th Town Hall Meeting to Consider Government's Response to Terrorism and Impact on Immigrant Communities
- Sex Discrimination Continues in Florida After Court Refuses to Overturn Ban on Medicaird-Funded Abortions
August 2003
July 2003
- Settlement in ACLU's Racial Profiling Lawsuit Against TSA Air Marshals To AlterAgency Procedures Nationwide
- ACLU of Florida Urges Libraries to Warn Patrons of Government's New Domestic Spying Powers Under the USA PATRIOT ACT
- ACLU Files First-Ever Challenge to USA PATRIOT Act, Citing Radical Expansion of FBI Powers
- Leon County Judge Orders State Officials to Restore Civil, Voting Rights of Nearly 30,000 People with Past Felony Convictions
- Expected Judgment in Voting Rights Lawsuit Will Restore Civil and Voting Rights for Thousands of Ex-felons
- Community Groups To Host Workshops Across the State To Help People with Felony Convictions Regain their Voting and Civil Rights
- In a Victory for Privacy Rights, Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Parental Notification Law
- ACLU Miami Chapter Files Suit on Behalf of New York Taxi Driver Strip-Searched, Detained by U.S. Customs Agents at MIA
June 2003
- Striking Down Texas Law Against Same-Sex "Sodomy," Supreme Court Rights Egregious Wrong of 17 Years, Signaling New Era for Gay Rights
- The Life of David Gale Screening at AMC Sunset Place Sets Stage for Death Penalty Talk Sponsored by ACLU Miami Chapter
- ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights,
and Florida NOW Fight
Efforts to Interfere With Care of Severely Disabled Rape Victim - Hearing Set for Court Challenge to Florida's Ban on Medicaid-Funded Abortions
- ACLU Says Orlando Court Decision
in Veil Case Permits Government
to Needlessly Restrict Religious Freedom Without Enhancing Security
May 2003
- ACLU of Florida Asks Florida Court to Reinstate Suspended Driver's License of Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Her Face Veil
- Statement by Sultaana LaKiana Myke Freeman
- ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Admonish State of Florida for Failing to Protect the Health and Rights of a Rape Victim
- ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights Ask Court to Protect the Health and Rights of a Florida Rape Victim
- Broward County Becomes 100th
Community to Oppose PATRIOT Act as Residents Turn Out for Teach-In
on PATRIOT Act:
Floridians Give Legislation Failing Grade
April 2003
- In a Victory for Privacy, Florida Court Strikes Down Tell-All Adoption Law
- ACLU Urges Governor Bush to Support Legislation Protecting Privacy Rights of Florida Drivers
- ACLU Files Suit Against Transportation Security Administration on Behalf of Lake Worth Doctor
- ACLU Asks Attorney General John Ashcroft to Enforce Driver's License Privacy Law in Florida
- ACLU Applauds Decision by State Health Officials to Recall Religious AIDS Education Brochures
- ACLU Demands Recall of State-Funded Religious Health Brochure
March 2003
- Coral Reef High School Senior Wins $4,000 ACLU Scholarship
- Civil Rights Activists, Religious Leaders Form Diverse Coalition to Restore Voting Rights for Ex-felons
- ACLU and Housing Providers Ask Federal
Court to Strike Down
Boca Raton Ordinance That Bans "Sober Houses" in Neighborhoods - ACLU Argues Case Challenging Florida's Gay Adoption Ban
February 2003
- ACLU Asks Florida Court to Strike Tell-All-Adoption Law
- Federal Court Prohibits State from Blocking Protest Involving 'Living, Nude Peace Symbol'
January 2003
- Release of 23rd Innocent From Florida's Death Row Shows Urgent Need to Suspend Executions, Revamp Florida's 'Broken' Death Penalty System
- ACLU Urges Miami-Dade School Board to Rethink Proposal to Release Student Information to Military, College Recruiters
- Broward County Commission to Consider Resolution Protecting Civil Rights of County Residents; Resolution Seeks Disclosure of Names of Broward Detainees
- ACLU and Coalition of Immigrants' Rights Groups "Register Discontent" with Government's Immigrant Registration Program
- Panel on the 'Role of Protests in American Democracy' Features Discussion with Free Speech Advocates Involved in Local First Amendment Struggles
- ACLU of Florida Condemns Decision Upholding the Detention of American Citizens as 'Enemy Combatants'
- Diverse Viewpoints on 'God and the Government' to Fuel Heath Panel Discussion
