Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Florida Voters Sue Claiming Invalid Signatures on Abortion Rights Amendment Petitions

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida state trial court against election supervisors in 12 Florida counties, as well as against the Secretar...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Florida Enjoined from Threatening Legal Action Against Broadcasters Airing Pro-Abortion Rights Ads

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 In Floridians Protecting Freedom, Inc. v. Ladapo ,  (ND FL, Oct. 17, 2024), a Florida federal district court issued a temporary restraining...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

11th Circuit Reinstates, Pending Appeal, Florida Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida , (11th Cir., Aug. 26, 2024), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, allowed...
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

11th Circuit Enjoins New Title IX Rules in 4 States, Pending Appeal

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 In State of Alabama v. U.S. Secretary of Education ,  (11th Cir., Aug. 22, 2024), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Two Additional Courts Enjoin Enforcement of New Title IX Rules

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In addition to the nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Department of Education's new Title IX rules on transgen...
Friday, June 28, 2024

City-Sponsored Prayer Vigil Violated Establishment Clause

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In Rojas v. City of Ocala ,  (MD FL, June 26, 2024), a Florida federal district court held that a prayer vigil in the town square organized ...
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Florida Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care Are Unconstitutional

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In Doe v. Ladapo , (ND FL, June 11, 2024), a Florida federal district court in a 105-page opinion held unconstitutional many of the provisio...
Friday, April 26, 2024

Florida Authorizes Volunteer Chaplains in Schools

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On April 18, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 931. The bill ( full text ) allows school districts to authorize volunteer school chap...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Florida Appellate Court Disqualifies Trial Judge from Hearing Custody Case Involving Transgender Child

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 In H.S., v. Department of Children and Families ,  (FL App., April 3, 2024), a Florida appellate court in a 2-1 decision ordered a trial ju...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Florida Supreme Court Clears Abortion Rights Proposal for November Ballot

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 In Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Limiting Government Interference with Abortion ,  (FL Sup. Ct., April 1, 2024), the Florida...

Florida Supreme Court Overrules Cases Holding State Constitution Protects Abortion

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In Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida v. State of Florida ,  (FL Sup. Ct., April 1, 2024), the Florida Supreme Court in a 6...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Settlement Narrows Interpretation of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Law

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On Monday, a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Equality Florida v. Florida...
Thursday, February 01, 2024

Recorded Statements Made to Church Leaders and Pastor Not Privileged

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In State of Florida v. Gonzalez , (FL App., Jan. 31, 2024), a Florida state appellate court held that a video recording of a meeting between...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Nurse Sues Clinic for Refusing to Accommodate Her Objection to Prescribing Contraceptives

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A religious discrimination lawsuit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a nurse-practitioner who was fired from her po...
Friday, January 12, 2024

11th Circuit: Transit Agency's Policy Barring Religious Ads Violates Free Speech Protections

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In Young Israel of Tampa, Inc. v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority , (11th Cir., Jan. 10, 2024), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of ...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Florida Transgender Teachers Challenge Law That Bars Them from Using Their Preferred Pronouns

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Suit was filed this week in a Florida federal district court by three current and former Florida public-school teachers who identify as tran...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Florida Supreme Court Hears Arguments On 15-Week Abortion Ban

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On Friday the Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Flo...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Consent Decree Affirms Public Accommodation Law Exemption for Catholic Bookstore

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 A Florida federal district court entered a Consent Order ( full text ) yesterday in The Catholic Store, Inc. v. City of Jacksonville,  (MD ...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

11th Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Does Not Include Filing of Rule Change Petition

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In Sims v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections , (11th Cir., July 31, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the P...
Friday, June 23, 2023

Florida's Ban On Medicaid Payments For Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones Is Invalid

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In Dekker v. Weida ,  (ND FL, June 31, 2023), a Florida federal district court held that Florida Statutes §286.31(2) and Florida Administra...