Press Releases

ACLU of Florida, Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association, and the Miami-Dade Public Defender Launch the Collateral Consequences Project to Combat Coercive Plea Bargaining

The Collateral Consequences Project helps people charged with a crime understand their options after an arrest.

State Court to Hear Testimony and Legal Arguments in Florida Abortion Ban Case

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.

Supreme Court Issues Devastating Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

Abortion is still legal in Florida; Florida’s law banning abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy will face a temporary-injunction hearing next week

Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Miami’s Practice of Destroying Property of People Experiencing Homelessness

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.

NYCLU, ACLU Statement on SCOTUS Concealed Carry Decision

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.

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision in Vega v. Tekoh

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.

New website offers information to help Florida drivers with unlawfully suspended licenses

New website offers information to help Florida drivers with unlawfully suspended licenses

Civil Rights Groups and Local Activists File Lawsuit Challenging Jacksonville City Council’s Racially Gerrymandered Redistricting Maps

The maps diminish Black voters’ influence for the next decade in City Council and Duval County School Board elections.

ACLU Comment on Reporting of Leaked SCOTUS Opinion Overturning Roe

The ACLU will never stop fighting for a person's right to choose when and if to have a child.