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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.”
Ashley Moody
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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.
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Florida fights against allowing DNA testing for Death Row inmate
Sireci was sentenced to death in the 1975 murder of used-car dealer Howard Poteet, who suffered 55 stab wounds.
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Tampa judge backs Florida in battle with feds over vaccine requirements for federal contractors
Moody filed the Florida case in October, arguing in part that the state would be injured because state agencies have contracts with the federal government.
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Florida joins lawsuit against Biden administration mandate requiring Head Start employees to be vaccinated
The lawsuit is one of a series of challenges by Florida and other states to Biden administration COVID-19 rules.
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Florida asks judge to temporarily block Biden administration rule requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated
“Florida’s health care workers now face the immediate prospect of forced vaccination,” the petition said
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Judge orders Walgreens to turn over opioid sales records in lawsuit filed by state of Florida
Walgreens argued that the state’s motion for sanctions “is both mistaken and unnecessary.”
