Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Last week the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a state law banning sex offenders from public parks, overturning a 2017 appeals court ruling that deemed the statute “unconstitutional on its face because it bears no reasonable relationship to protecting the public.” The seven members of the higher court unanimously disagreed, saying, “We conclude that there is a rational relation between protecting

After four years of civil rights advocacy, Howard Simon, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, is taking a well earned retirement! He will stay on until after the November elections, giving the organization time to appoint a new executive director. Undoubtedly his commitment to civil rights will continue even if he’s not in the leadership

“Rather than comply with the requirements of the United States Constitution, Defendants continue to insist they can do whatever they want with hundreds of thousands of Floridians’ voting rights and absolutely zero standards. They ask this Court to stay its prior orders….No.” That’s the beginning of Northern District Court Judge Mark Walker’s order DENYING the state’s motion to stay the

A new bill in Missouri has already passed the House and is making it’s way through the Senate.  The bill would create a tiered system, which would allow lower-level offenders to be removed from the registry after 10 years, level two after 25 and only keep the highest level on for life, which is the case now. Rep. Kurt Bahr,

After learning about the termination of Clarence Collins, who had worked for The Pride Center (an LGBTQ community center in Florida) for fifteen years as a janitor, FAC was compelled to contact the center. Below is a copy of the letter. Letter To The Pride Center 04102018