Protesters

Using a controversial rule adopted in 2024, FIU disciplined students who held a three-minute T-shirt protest against ICE - even though staff confirmed there was no disruption.

Seven FIU students scored a major free speech victory over their university, days before the start of the Fall Semester.

UF says pro-Palestinian student demonstrators could be suspended and even banished from campus for three years. Employees and professors who break the rules could be fired.

Law enforcement arrested more than a dozen protestors throughout this session.

A controversial measure that critics argue chills Floridians' right to peacefully protest remains blocked as a legal challenge to the new law moves through the courts.

Protesters attended a public hearing Thursday about the proposed rule. It could be used “to censor viewpoints in support of LGBTQ+ youth and families,” Kara Gross with the ACLU of Florida said in a statement condemning the plan.

Graydon Young, of Englewood, said he saw parallels between the insurrection and the French people who “stood up and resisted kings and tyrants” more than two centuries ago.

Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to abortion-rights protests outside the houses of U.S. Supreme Court justices as he announced signing a measure intended to prevent picketing and protests outside people’s homes.

Protesters who take their demonstrations to people’s homes could face jail time and fines. A proposed Florida Senate bill addresses unlawful assemblies that target residences. It comes amid rising cases of harassment among elected leaders.

The City of Tallahassee is joining other municipalities in launching a legal challenge to the law, which created new crimes and strengthened penalties for violence or property damage during protests.