The Collateral Consequences Project helps people charged with a crime understand their options after an arrest.
The Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County, Florida will hear testimony and arguments on the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary injunction in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida v. Florida — a case challenging Florida’s House Bill 5 (HB 5), a ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
Abortion is still legal in Florida; Florida’s law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy will face a temporary-injunction hearing next week
Legal Services of Greater Miami, Southern Legal Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, and ACLU of Florida Greater Miami Chapter today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Miami’s practice of destroying the personal property of people experiencing homelessness.
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, striking down New York’s restriction on concealed carry and eroding the legal basis for gun regulations.
The Supreme Court ruled in Vega v. Tekoh today that a person cannot sue a police officer under federal civil rights laws for violating their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination by failing to provide a Miranda warning.