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Agreement Reached Ending Unconstitutional Postcard-Only Mail Policy at Flagler County Jail

Lawsuit filed in 2013 challenged ban on incoming letters and requirement that all mail be written on postcards; Consent decree stops jail employees from interfering with or censoring inmate mail

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

ACLU Asks Court to Stop Florida from Enforcing Bans on Recognizing Marriages of Same-Sex Couples after Recently-Widowed Ft. Myers Woman Joins Lawsuit

Arlene Goldberg and Carol Goldwasser shared their lives for 47 years before Carol’s death; Motion filed late Friday says Florida’s refusal to recognize marriages harms all represented families and must be stopped immediately

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

ACLU Argues Against Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Before Federal Appeals Court

Police used automatically-created cell phone location data to track individuals’ movements throughout Miami area without a warrant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2014

April 25, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Gov. Scott’s Appeal on Unconstitutional Mandatory Urinalysis Executive Order

ACLU of Florida challenged policy on behalf of AFSCME; lower courts rejected state’s argument that it could subject all state employees in Governor’s agencies to suspicionless searches.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2014

April 21, 2014

ACLU Cheers Suspension of Florida’s Voter Purge Program

Federal database which ACLU had warned was unreliable forces cancellation of effort to purge voter rolls; ACLU had previously sued state over purge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

ACLU Responds to U.N. Human Rights Committee’s Criticism of U.S. Felon Voting Ban Policies

ACLU representatives testified before Committee, call on State of Florida to reverse course and end disfranchisement of approximately 1.5 million citizens

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014