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17 Mar 2021, 12:44 pm by Ellis Cose
The American Civil Liberties Union’s origin story is tied inextricably to the xenophobic Palmer Raids, but the lesser-known events in Elaine, Arkansas were also formative. [read post]
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the recently enacted Florida immigration law SB 1718, one of the strictest immigration laws in the US. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 3:46 pm
NBC Miami: ACLU Files Suit Over Welfare Drug Tests / Group challenges Florida law that requires testing for welfare applicants by Brian Hamacher: The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires welfare recipients to undergo drug testing. [read post]
23 May 2023, 2:32 pm by lennyesq
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, DeHeng Law Offices PC, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), in coordination with the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA), are challenging Florida’s discriminatory property law, SB 264, on behalf of four individual plaintiffs and a Florida real estate brokerage firm that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent. [read post]
4 Nov 2008, 6:19 am
If you have been convicted of a felony and would like to restore your civil rights, visit the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
2-4-2009 Florida: After a conflict with Miami Police, the sex offenders who have been sent by the state to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway are getting some help from the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
In addition to student groups, House Bill 999 has already received backlash from civil rights and educational organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Historical Association (AHA) and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). [read post]
18 May 2009, 7:41 pm
In Pensacola, Florida, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has won a case that has been in the courts for several months now. [read post]
25 May 2012, 10:30 am by Steven
NCAC – “In a joint letter sent today (link to PDF), the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) partnered with the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) to urge Brevard County Commissioners to reinstate the best-selling erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey to the Brevard public library system. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 10:12 pm
9-18-2009 Florida:A judge ruled that Miami-Dade's strict sex-offender residency law is valid and is not superseded by state law.The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida failed to persuade a Miami-Dade judge to undo strict local ordinances that forced a group of convicted sex offenders to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway.In the suit, filed against Miami-Dade County, the ACLU argued [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 11:38 am by Sung Un Kim
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] released [press release] a report [text, PDF] on Wednesday claiming that it costs $68,270 per year to house a prisoner age 50 and older while many pose virtually no threat to society. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 6:57 am
The ACLU is pressuring the wrong people here, as I have mentioned before.9-17-2009 Florida:The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida failed to persuade a Miami-Dade circuit court judge to undo strict local ordinances that forced a group of convicted sex offenders to live [read post]
10 May 2018, 5:56 am by Tracy Thomas
Wash Times, School May Make Bras Mandatory After Forcing Student to Cover Nipples with Band-Aids The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in this week to defend the choice of students at a Florida high school to go bra-free, saying the... [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 5:35 am
"ACLU sues over Dixie monument": The Gainesville Sun today contains an article that begins, "The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida announced Wednesday that it has filed a federal lawsuit to force Dixie County to have a monument bearing the Ten Commandments removed from the courthouse steps in Cross City. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 8:52 pm
8-28-2009 Florida:Miami-Dade Ordinance Creates Barriers to Reintegration; Makes Community Unsafe MIAMI - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida's Greater Miami Chapter and the Miami Coalition for the Homeless announce the release of Availability and Spatial Distribution of Affordable Housing in Miami-Dade County and Implications of Residency Restriction Zones for Registered Sex [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 9:40 pm
Timoney Chief of Police Miami, FL Dear Chief Timoney: It has come to the attention of the Greater Miami Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida that within the past week or so City of Miami police officers have repeatedly threatened to arrest homeless persons around the western bridge area of the Julia Tuttle Causeway for trespass upon public property. [read post]
22 May 2013, 5:58 am
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said [Kaitlyn] Hunt was being criminalised for behaviour that "occurs every day in tens of thousands of high schools across the country, yet those other students are not facing felony convictions … and potential lifelong branding as sex offenders." [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 9:14 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
AIC, July 17, 2023 "Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and American Immigration Council, filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. [read post]