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Florida Supreme Court Issues Decision Confirming that Anti-Protest Law Cannot Be Used to Prosecute Non-Violent Protestors or Bystanders

Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund (LDF), media@naacpldf.org ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org  Community Justice Project, nadege@communityjusticeproject.com Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, srichmond@akingump.com Florida Supreme Court Issues Decision Confirming that Anti-Protest Law Cannot Be Used to Prosecute Non-Violent Protestors or Bystanders  Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting a key part of […]

Florida School Board Elections 2024 Voter Guide

Florida School Board Elections What you need to know about voting for your local school board and the August 20, 2024 election August 20, 2024 is Primary Election Day in Florida and many communities will be holding school board elections. School boards have a major impact on our communities voting in school board elections is […]

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Florida Educators Urge Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold Preliminary Block of Unlawful “Stop W.O.K.E.” Censorship Law

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Florida, and Ballard Spahr filed a brief urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s H.B. 7 — also known as the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act (Stop W.O.K.E. […]

Florida Educators File Motion Challenging Gov. DeSantis’ Memo Demanding College Universities to Report Critical Race Theory and Diversity Initiatives

Florida college and university educators filed a motion to compel Florida officials to follow the court’s preliminary injunction and refuse compliance with Gov. DeSantis’ memo directing universities to collect and provide information about courses related to critical race theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Legal Defense Fund, […]

Florida Educators and Students Challenge State’s Discriminatory ‘Stop WOKE’ Act

LDF, ACLU, ACLU Florida, Ballad Spahr represent plaintiffs Today, a group of higher education students and educators filed a lawsuit challenging Florida’s HB 7 — also known as the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees (“Stop W.O.K.E.”) Act — a classroom censorship bill which severely restricts Florida educators and students from learning and talking […]

Five Years After Shameful Voting Rights Act Decision, U.S. Supreme Court Again Fails to Protect Americans from Racially Discriminatory Electoral Maps

Related Case or Issue: Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder   The U.S. Supreme Court today permitted Texas to continue using electoral maps that a three-judge lower court had unanimously found were tainted by intentional racial discrimination against Latino and Black voters and diluted minority voting strength. Today’s decision comes exactly five years after the Supreme Court decided Shelby […]

Five Years After Shameful Voting Rights Act Decision, U.S. Supreme Court Again Fails to Protect Americans from Racially Discriminatory Electoral Maps

Related Case or Issue: Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder   The U.S. Supreme Court today permitted Texas to continue using electoral maps that a three-judge lower court had unanimously found were tainted by intentional racial discrimination against Latino and Black voters and diluted minority voting strength. Today’s decision comes exactly five years after the Supreme Court decided Shelby […]

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Thurgood Marshall

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Thurgood Marshall Most people are aware that Thurgood Marshall was the first black Supreme Court Justice and won the infamous Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, which mandated desegregation in schools and struck down the Jim Crow-era “separate but equal” doctrine. There’s much more to the 20th century’s most […]

Five Things to Know About Jeff Sessions’ Testimony

Read the PDF version of our fact sheet. This week the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as Attorney General of the United States. Here are five things you need to know from Jeff Sessions’ testimony as the Senate prepares to vote on his nomination:  1. Senator Sessions apparently cannot […]