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American Civil Liberties Union

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Drug Test for Welfare Recipients Fails to Save Money; Anyone Surprised?

    Making the state's poorest residents piss in a cup before qualifying to receive welfare benefits was going to save Florida up to $77 million, Rick Scott said when he was campaigning for governor. The goal of the drug tests was "to make sure we don't waste taxpayers' money," Gov. Voldemort added when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Florida Prayer In Schools Bill Passes Another Committee, Going to House

    Math class​We told you earlier this month about SB 98, a bill that passed the Florida Senate that would allow prayer in Florida's public schools. It would have to be approved by both the Florida House and Gov. Rick Scott to become a law, and at the time nothing had happened in the House to indicat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Boca Raton Teenager, ACLU of Florida Suing to Let Kids Donate More Money to Candidates

    ​With the way campaign-financing laws are going these days, this may not even be surprising -- the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and a 17-year-old girl from Boca Raton are challenging a state law that prohibits minors from giving as much money to state and local political candidates as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Dear Federal Court: Please Help Florida Suppress the Vote

    Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    We Get Letters: The Sheriff and Sexism and AK-47s

    Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Jeb Bush and Newt Gingrich Agree With ACLU on Something: Criminal Justice Needs a Tweak

    flickr.comHey, wasn't Cool Hand Luke a nonviolent offender?​Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is the latest to sign GOP group Right on Crime's Statement of Principles. It's being framed as a conservative approach to reforming the criminal justice system.Other conservative backers include Newt Gingrich, ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

    flickr.comHey, wasn't Cool Hand Luke a nonviolent offender?​Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is the latest to sign GOP group Right on Crime's Statement of Principles. It's being framed as a conservative approach to reforming the criminal justice system.Other conservative backers include Newt Gingrich, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Florida Teachers Union Hops on the "Sue Rick Scott" Train

    menwithfoilhats.com​In the fourth recent lawsuit targeted at policies of Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Education Association is now suing over a 3 percent pay cut to the salaries of teachers and other school workers.According to a news release from the union, the lawsuit was entered today in circui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Rick Scott Suspends Drug Testing for Most State Employees, Saying It "Does Not Make Sense" Yet

    personalmoneystore.comThe governor may have just found out it could take 30 days to get any THC out of his system.​If you're a state employee -- not in the Department of Corrections -- you don't have to detox quite yet to get those doobies out of your system.Gov. Rick Scott sent out a memo to agen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Gov. Rick Scott Invents A Scientific Study On Drug Use During Nationally Televised Interview

    ​Now for Gov. Rick Scott's charade of the day -- making up a scientific study on drug use by welfare recipients on a nationally televised CNN interview.As you know, the governor signed H.B. 353 into law last week, requires Floridians on welfare to pass a drug test before they get their cash.On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    ACLU To Florida: "Two Lawsuits. Three Days Apart. And It's Only The Beginning."

    aclufl.orgACLU of Florida's Howard Simon​The American Civil Liberties Union says Florida is "ground zero" in their fight for civil liberties -- which explains why it filed two lawsuits in three days against Gov. Rick Scott-approved legislation.The ACLU filed two federal lawsuits last week -- o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    21 Jump Street Bust Sent Narcs in School for Small Target: Weed

    Palm Beach County cops went all Johnny Depp in three schools.​Back when Johnny Depp played an undercover cop on 21 Jump Street, it seemed that gangs were the big problem in schools. Depp's character regularly infiltrated some murder-hungry group with the intention of bringing them down from the in ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Palm Beach County cops went all Johnny Depp in three schools.​Back when Johnny Depp played an undercover cop on 21 Jump Street, it seemed that gangs were the big problem in schools. Depp's character regularly infiltrated some murder-hungry group with the intention of bringing them down from the in ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Palm Beach County cops went all Johnny Depp in three schools.​Back when Johnny Depp played an undercover cop on 21 Jump Street, it seemed that gangs were the big problem in schools. Depp's character regularly infiltrated some murder-hungry group with the intention of bringing them down from the in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Florida ACLU Backs Right of Church to Burn Qu'ran, Suggests Counterprotest as Remedy

    FlickrThe Constitution allows Terry Jones to burn the Qu'ran, but it also gives you the right to call him a flaming asshole.​The September 11 Qu'ran burning at the Dove World Outreach Center places the American Civil Liberties Union in an awkward but familiar position: Its desire to protect the fr ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Get Out! Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

    FlickrThe Constitution allows Terry Jones to burn the Qu'ran, but it also gives you the right to call him a flaming asshole.​The September 11 Qu'ran burning at the Dove World Outreach Center places the American Civil Liberties Union in an awkward but familiar position: Its desire to protect the fr ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    The Dark Side

    A bizarre, disputed, cocaine-fueled mania is killing Floridians, especially when they're jolted with a Taser.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    CityPlace Now a Venue For Protesters; Let's Protest CityPlace

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    Arizona Sheriff's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 6, 2010

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy, Thanks to State Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 6, 2010

    An Opportunity to Stand Up

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2010

    This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

    You could theoretically travel around the world for twelve months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. Blackman: Getting wet at tomorrow's Pridefest​The big US celebrations, in New York and San Fransisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Reform Event: Tea Party, Libertarians, and Greens Get in Bed Together

    When it comes to electoral reform, you're the boss.​ Cast your mind back to your seventh-grade Civics class, when Mrs. Brown drew that sprawling chart on the blackboard detailing the branches of government. That's when you first found out you had something like a moral duty, as a citizen of this g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    CityPlace Then and Now: a Decade of Not-So-Free Speech

    CityPlace lawyers didn't like the smell of protest.​It all depends on what your definition of free is. A decade ago, just as CityPlace was planning its grand opening in downtown West Palm Beach, lawyers and developers were debating just how much democracy, in the form of public speech, the new li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    ACLU Defends Artist's Right to Paint at CityPlace

    Bates, expressing himself​When is a city not a city? When it's a shopping center disguised as something "reminiscent of an Italian town center." Note that word reminiscent. As West Palm artist Bruce Kevin Bates found out, you may be able to set up your easel at the Villa d'Este in Tivoli or next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    ACLU Sues Crist, Atwater, and Cretul for Failing Palm Beach County Students

    courtesy euthisnthat.comACLU wants graduation day to look more like this.​ The ACLU filed a class action lawsuit Friday on behalf of Palm Beach County students and parents, naming Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, House Speaker Larry Cretul, Senate President Jeff Atwater, and Florida Commissioner of E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Morning Juice: Let's Try a News Round-Up Sans Rothstein

    ​Well, it's worth a try anyway. Here's what's going on in Broward and Palm Beach counties:The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the state for its failure to provide Floridian family with a quality education -- a point for which the Palm Beach County School District drop-out rat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Spellbinding Jeb Bush Speech on Education Ruined by Reality-Based Journalist

    FlickrJeb Bush​Your former governor was in Atlanta recently, earnestly pretending to be a frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Or maybe he was testing a theory about mind control: that if you keep telling people something that's false, maybe they'll come to believe that it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Death Penalty Case: Man Will Die August 19 for Dania Beach Murder

    John Marek​On August 19, 48-year-old John Marek will be put to death by the State of Florida unless there is a major last-minute intervention by the governor or the courts. In 1983, Marek and a friend, Raymond Wigley, drove to Florida from Texas. On June 16 of that year, the two men encountered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Tides Foundation Funds Florida Culture War

    We'll be seeing a lot more of this in the next three years Ruh-roh. Just when you thought you'd finally stuffed all those pesky gay people back into the closet where they belong, along comes an organization like the Tides Foundation, which has just awarded a $150,000 grant to "educate and train ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    LOLZ! ROFL! ACLU! Lawsuit Defends Student's Bitchy Facebook Page

    Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Good Lookin’ Out

    Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    As Christmassy as Spiked Eggnog

    Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Letters for September 29-October 5, 2005

    Hey kids, good news! If you want to create a Facebook page that declares some teacher "the worst teacher in, like, the world," and then you are suspended for that, the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida will sue the damn school to protect your First Amendment rights, as ... More >>

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best Political Protest

    Fort Lauderdale city employees'wearing gags

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    The Ludicrous 12 of 2004

    Sure, it was the year of Bush/Kerry. But here are South Florida's really big stories.

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2004

    Oom Paw Paw

    Sure, it was the year of Bush/Kerry. But here are South Florida's really big stories.

  • Music

    January 29, 2004

    Aftershock

    The music industry's ongoing problems continue to affect the local dance community

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The music industry's ongoing problems continue to affect the local dance community

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    United States of Jesus

    The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Radio Commercial

    Ed Kaplan

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    A Queer Law

    Florida's ban on gay adoption is not only unjust; it's downright homophobic

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    The Hate Man

    Lloyd Shank is a poster boy for free speech. The Jews are to blame.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Grave Injustice

    Do those who bury loved ones in Boca Raton's public cemetery have the right to decorate graves and erect markers? Apparently not.

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Undercurrents

    Do those who bury loved ones in Boca Raton's public cemetery have the right to decorate graves and erect markers? Apparently not.

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Piss Off!

    When the City of Hollywood told an accountant he'd have to take a drug test, he told the city: See you in court.

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Undercurrents

    When the City of Hollywood told an accountant he'd have to take a drug test, he told the city: See you in court.

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    Undercurrents

    When the City of Hollywood told an accountant he'd have to take a drug test, he told the city: See you in court.

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Forgive Them, Father, For They Know Not Where to Pray

    The ACLU will file suit against Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle for his proposed prayer meeting in the city commission chambers.

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