On Friday night, a federal appeals court permitted a racially gerrymandered Miami district map to go into effect. On Sunday, the plaintiffs filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court, seeking to vacate the appeals court stay, and reinstate the district court's original order for a fair map.
Today, the ACLU of Florida filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in a state court for refusing to promptly turn over records directly related to immigration-related laws and policies.
Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and American Immigration Council, filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.
A federal court today blocked a provision of a new Florida law, SB 7050, which undermines community-based organizations performing voter registration.
A federal court heard arguments in the case of Hispanic Federation v. Byrd, brought on behalf of two community-based voter registration organizations and three individual noncitizens against Florida’s SB 7050.
Last night, the Madison County School Board unanimously approved new School Board districts, updating the boundaries following the 2020 Census. The vote follows the County Commission’s unanimous approval of the same map on June 14.