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
![Molina v. Book](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
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.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
![O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
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.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
![Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
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.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Virginia
Aug 2024
![Young America's Foundation v. Sitman](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Young America's Foundation v. Sitman
The ACLU and the ACLU of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, are representing the podcast hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, and Dissent Magazine against claims that the podcast’s tongue-in-cheek reference to “Young Americans for Freedom” among the membership tiers on its Patreon page is a violation of YAF’s intellectual property rights.
Status: Ongoing
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![Young America's Foundation v. Sitman](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Virginia
Free Speech
Young America's Foundation v. Sitman
The ACLU and the ACLU of Virginia, together with firm co-counsel, are representing the podcast hosts of the Know Your Enemy podcast, Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell, and Dissent Magazine against claims that the podcast’s tongue-in-cheek reference to “Young Americans for Freedom” among the membership tiers on its Patreon page is a violation of YAF’s intellectual property rights.
Aug 2024
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2024
![Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Whether a content-based regulation that burdens adults’ access to protected speech has to be merely reasonable to satisfy the First Amendment because it was passed in the name of protecting children from sexual material online.
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![Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Whether a content-based regulation that burdens adults’ access to protected speech has to be merely reasonable to satisfy the First Amendment because it was passed in the name of protecting children from sexual material online.
Jul 2024
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2024
![Henderson v. State of Texas](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Henderson v. State of Texas
This case is about whether states can hold people criminally liable for obstructing a passageway based solely on their participation in a peaceful march on public sidewalks and streets, without evidence that they knowingly or intentionally obstructed any passageway themselves or directed, authorized, ratified, or intended that others do so. Representing three protesters who were convicted under such circumstances in Texas state court, our petition urges the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that, under settled constitutional law, the answer is “No.”
Status: Ongoing
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![Henderson v. State of Texas](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Free Speech
Henderson v. State of Texas
This case is about whether states can hold people criminally liable for obstructing a passageway based solely on their participation in a peaceful march on public sidewalks and streets, without evidence that they knowingly or intentionally obstructed any passageway themselves or directed, authorized, ratified, or intended that others do so. Representing three protesters who were convicted under such circumstances in Texas state court, our petition urges the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that, under settled constitutional law, the answer is “No.”
Jun 2024
Status: Ongoing
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Tennessee Supreme Court
May 2024
![Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield
This case in the Tennessee Supreme Court asks whether the right to petition is an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, alongside the ACLU of Tennessee, filed an amicus brief focused on the scope and importance of the right to petition under the Tennessee Constitution.
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![Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Tennessee Supreme Court
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield
This case in the Tennessee Supreme Court asks whether the right to petition is an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, alongside the ACLU of Tennessee, filed an amicus brief focused on the scope and importance of the right to petition under the Tennessee Constitution.
May 2024
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