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Howard Simon

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Miami Beach Police Deny They Have a 2,000 Person Arrest Quota for Memorial Day Weekend

    Are Miami Beach Police planning to arrest 2,000 people during the notorious Memorial Day weekend parties on South Beach? As in they've actually set a quota regardless of whether or not 2,000 deserve to be arrested. To put that in prospective, the record number of arrests over Memorial Day weekend ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    ACLU Sues to End Rick Scott's Drug Testing Laws on Behalf of Navy Vet

    ​The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed suit yesterday to end the state's new controversial requirement that all people seeking help from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program undergo a drug test. The law was passed earlier this year at the behest of Gov.Rick Scott, but ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    Rick Scott's dirtiest deeds

    ​The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed suit yesterday to end the state's new controversial requirement that all people seeking help from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program undergo a drug test. The law was passed earlier this year at the behest of Gov.Rick Scott, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2011

    ACLU Chief Howard Simon Recalls MLK and Bloody Sunday

    Photo by Jacob KatelHoward Simon​American Civil Liberties executive director Howard Simon took part in the last century's most significant freedom march with Dr. Martin Luther King. Then he was part of lawsuits that indicated our own government might have played a role in one of the civil rights m ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Downtown Miami's no-panhandling zone displaces homeless

    Photo by Jacob KatelHoward Simon​American Civil Liberties executive director Howard Simon took part in the last century's most significant freedom march with Dr. Martin Luther King. Then he was part of lawsuits that indicated our own government might have played a role in one of the civil rights m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Downtown's No-Panhandling Zone is SB1070 For Miami's Homeless

    Marc Sarnoff, the Miami Heat's handy rubber-stamper.​Last week, the Miami City Commission voted unanimously to expand a controversial "no-panhandling zone" surrounding the American Airlines Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This isn't a homeless issue," Commissioner Marc Sarnoff told Rip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Gay Adoption Ban Dead: Bill McCollum Will Not Appeal Ruling

    Martin Gill and his sons are now legally a familyAn appellate court's decision that Florida's ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum's office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    The Doctor, Part 1

    He's accused of child abuse. But slow down, folks. Think it over.

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    RIP for the CIP?

    The police watchdog group's right to do its job is challenged

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Racial-Profiling Study Liberated

    The police watchdog group's right to do its job is challenged

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    The Long Silence

    How did county police officials respond to a damaging report on racial profiling? They didn't

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    The Rothenberg Pledge

    You can help our newest appeals court judge set things right

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    Tripping Latino

    You can help our newest appeals court judge set things right

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    It Takes a Cuban

    After a legendary career as president of the Miami ACLU, John de Leon is heading even further south

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the issue of June 15, 2000

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Frank Talk About Free Speech

    Attorney Victor Diaz chats up the ACLU's Howard Simon

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Roe v. Wade v. Suarez

    Thanks to Miami's mayor, January 22 is now officially pro-life and in your face

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