This case challenges 2023’s SB 846, which presumptively prohibits the academic employment in Florida public universities and colleges of international students domiciled in seven foreign countries,...
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Jun 6, 2025
Florida Immigrant Coalition v. Utmeier
Case Summary: Along with the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project and Americans for Immigrant Justice, we filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new extreme anti-immigrant law, Senate...
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Jun 5, 2025
Tray v. Florida State Board of Education
In June 2024, the ACLU of Florida and partners filed a lawsuit representing parents of Florida public school students who sued the DeSantis administration’s Board of Education for violating their First...
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Apr 16, 2025
Florida Bar v. Girley
Status: In State Supreme Court
After a state circuit-court judge in Orlando overturned a racial discrimination jury verdict and directed a verdict for the defense, attorney Jerry Girley, who represented the plaintiff, criticized the...
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Mar 12, 2025
Cambridge Christian Schools v. Florida High School Athletic Association
Free Speech
The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) forbade Cambridge Christian School from leading a prayer at football games conducted by the Association, and the school argued this violated free speech...
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Mar 3, 2025
Austin v. Lamb
Free Speech
In 2023, the Florida Legislature passed SB 266, which bans the funding of expression that “[a]dvocate[s] for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or promote[s] . . ....