Florida Supreme Court approves amendment language leaving the issue to voters for the upcoming 2024 elections and allows a six-week ban on abortion to take effect
Phoebe Flanagan is challenging the Escambia County, Fla., Clerk’s conditioning her driver’s license on monthly payments from her only fungible source of income, her SSI disability benefits, as a violation...
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Dec 5, 2018
Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Filed
The ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained and nearly deported...
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Aug 22, 2018
Keohane v. Jones, et al
Status: On appeal
ACLUFL, ACLU, and DLA Piper filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender woman who was being kept in a mens prison and was being denied hormone treatments she had been taking before incarceration. ACLUFL...
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Mar 26, 2018
Doe v. Santa Rosa School Board
Status: Decided
In 2008, the ACLU sued the School Board for Santa Rosa County, Florida, to stop school officials from using their governmental positions to promote their personal religious beliefs in public schools. ...
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Mar 26, 2018
Attwood v. Clemons
Free Speech
Status: Active
Our office has sued State Representative Charles Clemons on behalf of one of his constituents, Peter Attwood, in a free speech case challenging Rep. Clemons’ decision to block Attwood from Clemons’ Facebook...
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Jan 11, 2018
Gainesville Woman Care, LLC v. State of Florida
Gender Equity & Reproductive Freedom
Status: Decided
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Richard Johnson of Tallahassee, filed suit to challenge a law that would interfere with a woman’s right to...