Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on December 8 issued Executive Order Number 25-244 titled Protecting Floridians from Radical Islamic Terrorist Organizations (full text). The Order designates CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), the Muslim Brotherhood, and organizations designated under federal law as foreign terrorist organizations to be terrorist organizations covered by the Executive Order. The Executive Order goes on to provide in part:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida Highway Patrol are directed to undertake: all lawful measures to prevent unlawful activities in Florida by the terrorist organizations designated in Section 1. Unless prohibited by federal or state law, all other Executive arid Cabinet Agencies shall further undertake all lawful action to prevent any terrorist organization designated in Section 1, or any person known to have provided material support or resources to such organization as defined in section 775.33(1)(c), Florida Statutes, from receiving any contract, employment, funds, or other benefit or privilege from such Executive or Cabinet Agency or any entity regulated by such Executive or Cabinet Agency or from any County or Municipality of the State.
CAIR quickly announced that it plans to file a lawsuit challenging the Governor's action.
Florida's action follows similar action taken by Texas last month. (See prior posting.) The Guardian reports on Florida's action.
