Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Florida AG Says Schools Must Allow Students to Attend Released Time Programs

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On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier provided a legal opinion ( full text ) to a member of the Florida legislature concluding...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Church Challenges Injunction Barring Use of Its Property for Worship Services

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by members and elders of the Coastal Family Church challenging a temporary inju...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Florida Governor's Order Declaring CAIR a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Held Unconstitutional

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As  previously reported , last December Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order declaring CAIR to be a foreign terrorist org...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Court Refuses to Enjoin Coinage Containing "In God We Trust" Motto

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In Clayman v. Bessent ,  (SD FL, Jan. 8, 2026), a Florida federal district court denied plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Florida Church Seeks Stay of Trial Court's Injunction Barring Use of Its Strip Mall Unit for Religious Services

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Yesterday, a Florida church filed an emergency motion with a Florida state trial court asking it to stay a temporary injunction that it issu...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

Street Preachers' Challenges to Noise Ordinance Fail

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 In Cabral v. City of Fort Myers, Florida ,  (MD FL, Jan. 6,2026), a Florida federal district court dismissed a First Amendment challenge to...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

CAIR Sues Florida Over Terrorism Designation

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As previously reported , earlier this month Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order designating CAIR (the Council on America...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Florida Declares CAIR To Be Terrorist Organization

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on December 8 issued Executive Order Number 25-244 titled  Protecting Floridians from Radical Islamic Terroris...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

11th Circuit: Pedestrian Buffer Zone at Abortion Clinic's Parking Lot Entrance Violates Leafleters Free Speech Rights

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In Florida Preborn Rescue, Inc. v. City of Clearwater, Florida ,  (11th Cir., Dec. 4. 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Prison Chaplain Sues for Wrongful Termination

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Christian pastor who was terminated from his position as Senior Pastor at ...
Monday, December 01, 2025

1st Amendment Protects Law Student's Antisemitic Posts

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In Damsky v. Summerlin , (ND FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the University o...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Cert. Denied in Football Pre-Game Public Prayer Controversy

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, (Docket No. 24-1...
Monday, September 08, 2025

11th Circuit: Government Can Insist on Secular Presenters in Intervention Program for Domestic Abusers

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In Nussbaumer v. Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families ,  (11th Cir., Sept. 4, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeal...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

11th Circuit: Florida Can Bar Transgender Teacher's Use of Preferred Pronouns to Refer to Herself in Classroom

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In Wood v. Florida Department of Education ,  (11th Cir., July 2, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held tha...
Monday, January 06, 2025

Church of Satanology's Suit to Display Banner in Schools Moves Ahead

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In Stevens v. School Board of Broward County, Florida ,  (SD FL, Jan. 2, 2025), a Florida federal district court refused to dismiss free exe...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Pastor's Allegations of Sham Investigation to Oust Him

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 In Weems v. Association of Related Churches ,  (MD FL, Dec. 19, 2024), a Florida federal district court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstent...
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...