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Lawyers for the state filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to take up a First Amendment battle about a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on industry giants such as Facebook and Twitter. The state wants justices to overturn a May decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked key parts of the law on First Amendment grounds.
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In a legal battle rooted in the discovery of a 13-year-old human trafficking victim working as a dancer, a federal appeals court largely upheld restrictions that Miami Beach placed on nude strip clubs.
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A federal appeals court refused to reconsider a decision that struck down measures passed in Palm Beach County and Boca Raton to ban the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.”
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The state is asking a federal judge to shield former Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran from testifying in a battle about a 2021 law requiring surveys of “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university campuses.
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A federal judge Monday rejected arguments to block a controversial new state law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms and workplace training.
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Dealing a major setback to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a three-judge appellate panel on Monday ruled that a 2021 Florida law targeting social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter unconstitutionally restricts the companies’ First Amendment rights.
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As a battle continues about the constitutionality of a Florida law that seeks to crack down on social-media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, a federal appeals court has allowed a similar Texas law to take effect.
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The judge rejected arguments that the Florida High School Athletic Association improperly prevented Christian schools from offering a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 state championship football game.
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A federal appeals court is slated to hear arguments in May about a Florida law that puts restrictions on social media companies.
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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker compared the university's actions to those who capitulate in Hong Kong to the repressive policies of China's government.
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Several controversial new laws passed this year in Florida have already been hit with lawsuits and a ransomware attack on one of the nation’s largest gasoline suppliers created panic among consumers of a fuel shortage.
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A conversation with Democratic State Sen. Lauren Book, the new minority leader in the Senate. Can you film a police officer making an arrest? We discuss. Plus, a virtual field trip to the South Florida Fair.