Florida Supreme Court approves amendment language leaving the issue to voters for the upcoming 2024 elections and allows a six-week ban on abortion to take effect
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Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting a key part of H.B. 1, the Florida anti-protest law enacted in 2021 in response to national protests against police violence and in support of racial justice.
Today, parents of Florida public school students sued the DeSantis administration’s Board of Education for violating their First Amendment rights through the implementation of H.B. 1069.
Today, a Florida court agreed with Floridians Protecting Freedom that the financial impact statement for proposed constitutional Amendment 4, limiting government interference in abortion, is unlawfully inaccurate, ordering the state’s Financial Impact Estimating Conference to rewrite the statement.
Cubanos Pa'lante, Engage Miami, the ACLU Club at FIU, and five local residents filed suit in federal court today, challenging the racial gerrymandering of four congressional districts and seven state house districts in South and Southwest Florida, in violation of the U.S. Constitution.