JURIST

APRIL 13, 2023

Nonprofit organization and LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Florida Wednesday issued a travel warning for LGBTQ+ people thinking of traveling or relocating to Florida. The travel warning continues by urging professionals, students, and retirees belonging to the LGBTQ+ community to reconsider their decision to move or travel to Florida.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors into law on Monday. The law bans social media accounts for children under the age of 14 and requires parental permission for accounts for children between the ages of 14 and 15. This is government overreach.”

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state constitution does not protect the right to abortion. The ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida vs. State of Florida allows the current 15-week abortion ban to be upheld and triggers the Heartbeat Protection Act to take effect.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2024

The US Appeals Court for the Eleventh Circuit found on Wednesday that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis violated a local prosecutor’s First Amendment rights under the US Constitution when he suspended the prosecutor for refusing to enforce state laws surrounding access to reproductive health. He cited to 42 U.S.C.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The US District Court for the Nothern District of Florida Thursday blocked part of a Florida law that limits what professors at public universities can believe about racism and sexism. The bill in question, known as the Individual Freedom Act, or the Stop WOKE Act, was signed into law in April 2022.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that eliminates licensing requirements for Florida residents to carry a concealed firearm in most public places. Republicans argued that law-abiding citizens have a right to carry firearms and defend themselves in the debate over the proposal.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2023

Lawyers for Florida State Attorney Andrew Warren Thursday filed a reply in support of a federal appeals court petition to reinstate Warren as part of an ongoing dispute between Warren and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Lawyers for Warren refer to the suspension as “illegal.”

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JURIST

APRIL 1, 2022

A federal judge Thursday struck down multiple parts of a Florida election law signed by Governor Ron DeSantis last year as unconstitutional. DeSantis signed Florida’s new restrictive voting bill SB 90 in May 2021. He said that the basic spirit of the law was violated by SB 90.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At least two nonprofits have filed amicus briefs suggesting the case raises First Amendment issues, particularly because the United States has alleged that Burke is not a “professional journalist” under Florida’s reporter’s privilege law. Fox is not mentioned by name in the indictment.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday struck down a portion of a Florida immigration law as unconstitutional and declared that the measures within the bill were racially motivated.

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2024

The Florida Division of Elections released data Friday confirming that the group Floridians Protecting Freedom (FPF) successfully gathered the required number of signatures to put an amendment on the Florida ballot to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution. This amendment does neither. It is ready for a popular vote.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2023

The US Supreme Court Tuesday denied to block the execution of an inmate in Florida. Florida prosecutors charged Gaskin with the killing of Robert and Georgette Sturmfels. Florida prosecutors charged Gaskin with the killing of Robert and Georgette Sturmfels. The state also argued that Hurst v.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed a bill into law that allows juries to recommend the death penalty without unanimous consent. For a jury to recommend the death penalty under Florida law, the jury must unanimously confirm there was an “aggravating factor” present to warrant capital punishment.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Monday unanimously ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction against a Florida law regulating how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. The post US appeals court temporarily bars Florida social media law appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2023

Republican members of the Florida State House and Senate Tuesday proposed parallel bills further restricting the abortion ban in the state from 15 weeks of pregnancy to six weeks of pregnancy. The post Florida Republicans propose parallel abortion bans appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2024

US District Judge Mark Walker blocked the enforcement of a Florida law Wednesday that would have banned a transgender public school teacher from introducing themselves to students with their personal pronouns. The injunction was limited to Wood’s case on the grounds that it wasn’t a facial challenge of the law.

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JURIST

APRIL 14, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy into law. Senate Bill 300, known as the Heartbeat Protection Act , reduced Florida’s abortion window from 15 weeks down to six weeks into a pregnancy.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2021

US Judge Robert Hinkle from the Northern District of Florida (Tallahassee Division) Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against Florida’s new social media law FL SB 7072 which, among other things, mandated social media companies to publish detailed standards for censorship, shadow-banning, and de-platforming of users.

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HowAppealing

MAY 8, 2024

“Biden taps Florida judge for Atlanta-based federal appeals court”: Rosie Manins of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report. ” The post “Biden taps Florida judge for Atlanta-based federal appeals court” appeared first on How Appealing. .”

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JURIST

MAY 14, 2024

Carney sentenced 21-year-old Xavier Batten of Florida to 42 months in prison for conspiring to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a statement Monday. The post Federal judge sentences Florida man for conspiring to firebomb Planned Parenthood clinic appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2023

Floridians gathered across the state Thursday to protest a recently enacted law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. In what protesters dubbed, “a day without immigrants,” thousands walked off the job to voice their disapproval of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s approval of Senate Bill (SB) 1718.

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2023

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Board Monday announced it will file suit counter to Walt Disney Company in a pending case involving potential government overreach. The complaint, filed in an Orange County, Florida court, alleges nine counts.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a 2019 Florida law that prevents felons from voting until they pay their legal financial obligations of fines, fees, and restitution. The court held that the voting requirement did not unconstitutionally discriminate against low-income women of color.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed controversial legislation SB524 into law. The bill purports to “ensure that Florida continues to have secure and accurate elections,” but voting rights advocates argue the bill is unnecessary and dangerous. The DOS found reason to refer only 75 cases to law enforcement.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2023

A group of plaintiffs on Friday filed an amended complaint in Florida seeking to block enforcement of the state’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans adults. ” Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for trans individuals took effect in May.

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2024

Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reached a settlement on Monday over the state law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” This agreement paves the way for students and teachers in Florida classrooms to openly discuss sexual orientation and gender identity, albeit mostly outside of formal instruction.

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JURIST

MARCH 10, 2022

The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would create an office dedicated to pursuing reports of election crimes and establish a separate police force for the investigations. The bill passed in a 76-41 vote, after the Florida Senate approved it last week. DeSantis has praised Florida’s election administration.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 5, 2024

A law school that opened in Jacksonville, Florida, in August 2022 has obtained provisional accreditation from the ABA, paving the way for its graduates to…

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed House Bill 1571 into law, which prohibits protestors from demonstrating outside of private residences. The Florida House of Representatives first introduced the bill in January. A majority of the Florida Senate quickly approved the bill in March. It then passed in March.

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HowAppealing

MAY 1, 2023

“DeSantis expands Florida death penalty law, defying U.S. The post “DeSantis expands Florida death penalty law, defying U.S. Supreme Court”: Tim Craig of The Washington Post has this report. Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

judge blocks Florida law curbing professor speech”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report. District Court for the Northern District of Florida at this link. judge blocks Florida law curbing professor speech” appeared first on How Appealing. “U.S. The post “U.S.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 22, 2024

Honestly, how does any Florida taxpayer put up with this kind of mismanagement? The post Florida Lawmakers Suggest Using Taxpayer Dollars To Pay Trump’s Legal Bills appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2024

The post A Florida Law School Is Teaching Its First Class Of Bar Takers appeared first on Above the Law. We love to see it!

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a pair of laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies control content posted on their sites. Both laws were passed in the wake of the Jan. Two trade groups representing social media platforms went to federal court to challenge the laws.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

The Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy voted 8 –3 Monday to advance a bill that would largely criminalize and further restrict the provision of sex-reassignment hormones and procedures to minors. The post Florida committee votes to advance bill that would criminalize sex reassignment care to minors appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2021

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the “anti-riot” bill HB1 into law. The law, which goes into effect immediately, imposes more penalties on individuals participating in protests that turn violent. ” The budget as approved, amended, or modified by the Administration Commission will be final. .”

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HowAppealing

MAY 1, 2024

“Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Now Law, With Political Implications; The ban, which took effect on Wednesday, was part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push into cultural conservatism; But Florida politics is rarely that simple”: Patricia Mazzei of The New York Times has this news analysis.

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