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Justice Department Secretly Subpoenas AP Phone Records May 13, 2013 | ACLU.ORG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW YORK – The Department of Justice secretly obtained two months’ worth of phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors, according to an AP story. The following statement can be attributed to Laura W. Murphy, director […]

This Week in Civil Liberties This Week in Civil Liberties (05/03/2013) By Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU at 4:30pm _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Which city’s police department has taken it upon itself to determine who does and does not belong on the property of commercial businesses? A Tulsa police officer was suspended for refusing to protect and serve which religious […]

UPDATE: Judges say Fla. worker drug test ban too broad Posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:59 am | Updated: 11:33 am, Fri Mar 22, 2013 | WCTV.Tv MIAMI (AP) – Gov. Rick Scott may get at least some of his state worker random drug testing program reinstated. Judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

ACLU of Florida Launches Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics Public Records Requests in Miami-Dade, Bay, Holmes and Duval Counties part of nationwide ACLU investigation of militarization of law enforcement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org, (786) 363-2737 Tom Rosenthal, media@aclu.org, (212) 549-2582 MIAMI […]

ACLU Files Lawsuit to End Flagler County Jail’s Unconstitutional Postcard-only  Mail Policy “I have a lot more that I need to share with my husband right now,” says plaintiff in challenge of jail’s restriction of speech for inmates, their families and friends FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20th, 2013 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, 786-363-2737, […]

Home › Defending Targets of Discrimination › Juvenile Justice Hill v. Snyder Hill v. Snyder ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 30, 2013 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ VICTORY: Federal Judge strikes down Michigan parole statute condemning youthful offenders to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In February of 2012, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan filed […]

Community Town Hall Meeting with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Dream Defenders and the American Civil Liberties Union. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Thursday, January 17, 2013 7:00pm until 8:30pm _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Did you know that last year in Florida over 58,000 children were arrested—an arrest rate 40% higher than the national average. The majority—53%—were arrested for misdemeanors. For […]

ACLU Issues Report: “Protecting the Rights of Floridians in the Rick Scott Era” Jacksonville-based northeast regional office covers 20-county area; previous director became Executive Director of ACLU of the Nation’s Capital FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 10, 2013 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, 786-363-2737, media@aclufl.org MIAMI – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida […]

Speech News Utah city settles case with man who flipped off officer Associated Press Wire Report Sunday, November 18, 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- OREM, Utah — A man who was pulled over and cited after flipping off a Utah police officer in 2010 has agreed to drop his complaint after the city of Orem agreed to pay […]

Florida Supreme Court Could Refund Millions of Dollars in Red Light Fines By: Eric Giunta | Posted: November 12, 2012 2:25 PM | SunshineStateNews.Com The Huffington Post reports on a case that will soon be heard by the Florida Supreme Court, contesting the legality of red light camera tickets issued by municipalities before such devices […]