EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 15, 2025
90.505(2) of the Florida Statutes provides that A person has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication by the person to a member of the clergy in his or her capacity.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The US Supreme Court, in a split decision, issued a brief statement on Thursday refusing to reinstate a Florida law that targets drag shows. A lower court order previously prohibited the law from coming into effect. HM Florida-ORL, LLC deals with an Orlando, Florida restaurant and bar known as Hamburger Mary’s.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
The Tallahassee Division of the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s controversial “anti-riot” bill, delivering a blow to one of Governor Ron DeSantis’s central election promises and a victory to civil rights groups.
JURIST
OCTOBER 19, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a 2019 Florida law that prevents felons from voting until they pay their legal financial obligations of fines, fees, and restitution. The court held that the voting requirement did not unconstitutionally discriminate against low-income women of color.
Above The Law
MAY 15, 2025
” Circuit Court Judge Gary M. a former Florida state senator who was elected to the bench in 2022, will be suspended without pay effective Monday night, the high court said in a brief order Wednesday that encourages the state Judicial Qualification Commission to “conduct any remaining proceedings promptly.”
JURIST
MAY 26, 2022
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Monday unanimously ruled in favor of a preliminary injunction against a Florida law regulating how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. The post US appeals court temporarily bars Florida social media law appeared first on JURIST - News.
JURIST
AUGUST 31, 2024
Six major book publishers Friday sued the Florida Department of Education, challenging a 2023 state law used to restrict books in school libraries. The need to consider the value of the book as a whole, or its literary, scientific or political value, is part of the obscenity test outlined in the 1973 US Supreme Court case Miller v California.
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