Florida Supreme Court approves amendment language leaving the issue to voters for the upcoming 2024 elections and allows a six-week ban on abortion to take effect
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The Florida Supreme Court today ruled 5-2 against central Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala in her case challenging Gov. Scott taking cases away from her after she determined that Florida’s death penalty is too unreliable, costly, and ineffective.
Report to be presented at Thursday’s County Commission meeting finds bail reform and other streamlining would reduce impact on poorer defendants and save taxpayers money while keeping community safer
Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of ACLU of Florida, Florida Immigrant Coalition, and concerned voters objects to illegal nationwide voter information database that goes far beyond the Commission’s legal authority
MIAMI, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, with the University of Miami School of Law’s Immigration Clinic and the law firm of Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A., have filed a federal lawsuit against Miami-Dade County over its policy of detaining people wi