Free Speech
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students’ constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The ACLU and its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Free Speech
Molina v. Book
Whether police officers violated clearly established First Amendment rights when they tear-gassed plaintiffs for serving as legal observers in a public protest.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
Free Speech
O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The ACLU, the ACLU of Northern California, and the ACLU of Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Free Speech
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
On September 25, 2017, the ACLU-PA filed suit on behalf of B.L., a high school sophomore who has been cheerleading since she was in fifth grade and was expelled from the team as punishment for out-of-school speech.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014
Free Speech
Elonis v. United States
Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2014
Free Speech
Elonis v. United States
Whether the government is required to prove that someone prosecuted for making threatening statements intended his words to be taken as a threat.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Reproductive Freedom
McCullen v. Coakley
Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Reproductive Freedom
McCullen v. Coakley
Whether a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot buffer zone outside abortion clinics is constitutional on its face and as applied to three specific clinics in the state.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting "false statements" about a political candidate "during the course of a campaign" was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2014
Free Speech
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Whether a First Amendment challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting "false statements" about a political candidate "during the course of a campaign" was properly dismissed when the objecting candidate withdrew his administrative complaint after losing the election.
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2014
Free Speech
Wood v. Moss
Whether plaintiffs are entitled to a trial on their claim of viewpoint discrimination based on detailed allegations that anti-Bush demonstrators were treated less favorably than pro-Bush demonstrators by the Secret Service during a 2004 presidential visit to Oregon.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2014
Free Speech
Wood v. Moss
Whether plaintiffs are entitled to a trial on their claim of viewpoint discrimination based on detailed allegations that anti-Bush demonstrators were treated less favorably than pro-Bush demonstrators by the Secret Service during a 2004 presidential visit to Oregon.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Abidor v. Napolitano
The ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policy of searching, copying and detaining travelers’ laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices at the border, even when DHS has no reason to believe a search would reveal wrongdoing. A federal judge granted the government's motion to dismiss on December 31, 2013.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
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Privacy & Technology
Abidor v. Napolitano
The ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policy of searching, copying and detaining travelers’ laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices at the border, even when DHS has no reason to believe a search would reveal wrongdoing. A federal judge granted the government's motion to dismiss on December 31, 2013.