TALLAHASSEE — “Fear and uncertainty” about a new law targeting the state’s ballot-initiative process has led to a significant drop in people working to collect signatures for 2026 ballot measures, groups challenging the law told a federal judge on Thursday. One of the most-controversial parts of the law, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature on May […]
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker
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Florida public-school unions score big win in dues deduction fight
A federal judge said the dues-deduction ban unconstitutionally violated existing collective bargaining agreements.
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Florida lawmakers appeal in subpoena fight over state’s controversial education laws
The judge ordered that the lawmakers turn over certain “factually based information” to the plaintiffs.
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Florida’s ‘intellectual freedom’ college surveys are ‘highly problematic,’ says witness
“This survey, in perpetuity, has a chilling effect,” Lichtman said.
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Biden Administration backs challenges to Florida’s controversial elections law
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Voting rights advocates ask court to reject Florida law banning groups from distributing food and water at polling places
Walker’s March ruling sharply denounced parts of the law.
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Federal judge: Florida’s 2021 voting law intentionally discriminates against Black people
“The result is that Floridians have been forced to live under a law that violates their rights on multiple fronts for over a year.”
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Florida’s vote-by-mail restrictions would unnecessarily burden voters, groups suing to overturn law say
“The combination of SB 524 and SB 90 would increase burdens on all voters, particularly voters of color and voters with disabilities.”