Eleventh Circuit Court to hear arguments in First Amendment Case Challenging the City of Miami Beach for Censoring Black Curators and Artists
Appeal hearing for Miami Beach police Black artist censorship case in Miami on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.
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Florida Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Abortion Ban Challenge
The Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case brought by abortion providers challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as a blatant violation of decades of established law within the state constitution.
ACLU of Florida Statement in Response to Jacksonville Racially-Motivated Attack
On Saturday, August 26, a gunman opened fire at a Jacksonville General Dollar store in a racially-motivated attack, killing three Black Jacksonville residents. This horrific incident comes a day prior to the 63rd anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, a racially-motivated attack in Jacksonville.
Howard Simon, Former ACLU of Florida Executive Director, Returns as Interim Executive Director of the Organization
Howard Simon will return as Acting Interim Executive Director as a nationwide search for a permanent Executive Director is conducted.
ACLU of Florida Statement on the Removal of State Attorney Monique Worrell
This morning, Florida Gov. DeSantis announced he would suspend State Attorney Monique Worrell, an elected official representing Orange-Osceola counties, on unsubstantiated grounds.
Groups File Motion in Lawsuit to Block Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718
Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.