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Ashley Moody says Trulieve wants a ‘monopolistic stranglehold’ on Florida recreational pot market
Most Americans “cannot name a single Supreme Court justice,” the state’s brief said.
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Recreational pot backers urge Florida Supreme Court approval, despite Ashley Moody’s ‘thinly veiled policy agenda’
Moody last month filed a brief contending the Supreme Court should reject the measure, saying it is “misleading to voters in several key respects.”
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Florida AG Moody, ACLU continue to spar over law restricting Chinese land ownership
Four Chinese immigrants and a real estate company that caters to Chinese clients filed a federal lawsuit in May.
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Supreme Court to hear case that could determine whether a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution will protect abortion rights
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office is asking the Supreme Court to back away from more than three decades of legal precedents that have said the privacy clause applies to abortion rights.
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Florida attorney general says recreational pot amendment is ‘misleading to voters’
Trulieve spokesman Steve Vancore said the company disagrees with Moody’s analysis.
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PAC for Attorney General Ashley Moody raised $155K in May
It had about $3.6 million in cash on hand at the end of the month.
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Florida joins lawsuit challenging FEMA-backed overhaul of National Flood Insurance Program
FEMA said on its website that the revamped system takes into account more variables that affect flooding and will result in rates ‘that are actuarially sound…’
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Florida attorney general seeks to block recreational pot amendment from 2024 ballot
Moody wrote that she thinks “the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements” of part of state law, though she did not elaborate.
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Office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody says abortion precedents are ‘clearly erroneous’
The state also argued that decisions about abortion restrictions should be left to the Legislature.
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Florida wants to cut funding for STD testing and breast cancer screenings at abortion clinics
Moody’s office asked Hinkle to vacate the injunction because the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned the Roe v. Wade decision.
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Trump-appointed judge will hear Florida’s lawsuit against Biden immigration policy next week
Florida contends that the administration’s policies result in undocumented immigrants flowing into the state.
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Florida once again targets constitutional privacy clause in abortion fight
Moody’s office also took the position on the privacy clause in a Sept. 6 court filing.
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Ashley Moody’s office says Florida’s constitutional privacy clause should not protect abortion rights
The filing said the 1989 decision, in a case known as In re: T.W., was wrong “from the start.”
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Florida Democratic lawmakers call for Attorney General investigation into FPL
“The corruption, influence peddling, and breaches of the public trust by FPL and its senior executives should be of grave concern.”
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Abortion law opponents object to fast-tracking legal fight over Florida law
“Florida’s Constitution anticipates district courts deciding constitutional challenges before Supreme Court review.”
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Florida AG wants battle over 15-week abortion ban to go straight to the Supreme Court
The filing also indicated that the state plans to use the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling that struck down the decades-old Roe v. Wade abortion-rights.
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Florida will appeal after federal judge sided with Black and Hispanic advocacy groups over voting law
The groups and The League of Women Voters of Florida say SB90 was an effort to restrict minority voters from accessing the ballot.
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Tampa’s Ashley Moody part of lawsuit over Biden’s immigration enforcement
Moody also has filed other lawsuits about Biden administration immigration policies, including a case that is pending in federal court in Pensacola.
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Florida reaches $870 million opioid settlement with CVS, Teva, and others
The companies denied wrongdoing in the agreements.