Constitutional Law Court Rules Florida Laws 
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 7, 2022
Proponents of the theory, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, believe that the Constitution gives state legislatures nearly unfettered authority to write the rules for federal elections, with little or no oversight from state courts. The Supreme Court is no stranger to the theory. The North Carolina case.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 14, 2024
In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. That is all.
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JonathanTurley
MAY 24, 2022
We previously discussed about the effort to fire University of Central Florida Professor Charles Negy after he tweeted about “black privilege.” UCF President Alexander Cartwright abandoned any pretense of academic freedom or principle in falling to protect a colleague from an anti-free speech campaign.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 31, 2022
On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.
JURIST
JULY 1, 2024
The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded lower court rulings regarding the constitutionality of statutes enacted by Florida and Texas to regulate large social media companies’ content moderation practices. NetChoice is the distinction between facial and as-applied challenges under US constitutional law.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Below is my column in The Hill on the recent bills proposed in Florida and California on immigration and guns. The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Florida Gov. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2022
From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , David Beckwith published the original Supreme Court abortion leak. In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”.
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