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The Florida Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case brought by abortion providers challenging the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy as a blatant violation of decades of established law within the state constitution.
On Saturday, August 26, a gunman opened fire at a Jacksonville General Dollar store in a racially-motivated attack, killing three Black Jacksonville residents. This horrific incident comes a day prior to the 63rd anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, a racially-motivated attack in Jacksonville.
Howard Simon will return as Acting Interim Executive Director as a nationwide search for a permanent Executive Director is conducted.
Today, the United States Supreme Court voted to allow a racially gerrymandered map from the Miami City Commission to go into effect, choosing not to disturb a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
This morning, Florida Gov. DeSantis announced he would suspend State Attorney Monique Worrell, an elected official representing Orange-Osceola counties, on unsubstantiated grounds.
Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.