Category: Florida
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Florida’s red flag gun law enforced haphazardly five years after Parkland massacre inspired legislation, research shows
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In 2018 Florida legislators—even the NRA posse—bowed to the urgent need for gun control after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: They passed minimal reforms including a red flag law. -
Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Before he was governor, before he was a congressman, Ron DeSantis was a Lt. Commander and JAG lawyer in the U.S. Navy, serving at the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention camp in Cuba and Fallujah during the Iraq War. -
Fifty years after Roe, Florida targets abortion pill; Women’s health care options dwindle
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
New Florida laws threaten pharmacists and doctors by treating abortion pills like contraband and penalizing their use outside strict limits. -
Seminole Tribe members are second-class citizens on their own reservations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In Florida, open government laws guarantee the public’s right to access and make copies of state laws, local ordinances, public agency budgets and many other government records – like the salaries of the governor and city and county leaders. In that regard, however, members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida are second-class citizens. -
Justice Francis gets sweet revenge by helping torpedo a state senator’s court challenge to judicial nominees
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Novice Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis got a chance to rule against the woman who thwarted her high court bid two years ago – and ran with it. -
Grand Jury on COVID-19 vaccine should probe governor for possible pay-to-play; Donors who got fat, no-bid contracts stuffed his political war chest
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide Grand Jury to investigate “crimes and wrongdoing committed against Floridians related to the COVID-19 vaccine.” But if the 18 grand jurors and the prosecutors who will shepherd them do an actual investigation, the governor’s request should backfire unpleasantly on him and his apparent hopes for higher political office.
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