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Florida Lawmakers Sue DeSantis in State Supreme Court to get Alligator Alcatraz Entry Five Florida lawmakers are suing in the state Supreme Court to force Gov. Ron DeSantis to let them access the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility at any time...READ MORE     FL Rep. Jason Shoaf: "Thank you to all who came out and supported […]

Supreme Court Won't Undo Lower Court's Block on Florida Immigration Law In a one-sentence order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider the Florida attorney general's request to reinstate parts of a controversial new immigration law that...READ MORE     Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "Suspending 6 secret service agents for 10-42 days without pay is […]

In a one-sentence order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider the Florida attorney general's request to reinstate parts of a controversial new immigration law that a lower court had blocked. This means certain Florida police and prosecutors still won't be able to arrest and charge undocumented immigrants with state-level crimes, as the new […]

U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, (R), commented on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Temporary Protected Status and CHNV Protection Status for those who applied, accusing the Biden administration of failing to secure the U.S. border. “The Biden administration’s failed open-border policy allowed thousands of criminals and gang members to enter our country, leaving us to […]

President Donald Trump’s administration has petitioned the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to rescind a nationwide injunction preventing the US government from deporting individuals to countries from which they did not emigrate.  US District Judge Brian Murphy issued the nationwide injunction after he found the Department of Homeland Security to have violated an earlier order demanding […]

President Donald Trump issued a scathing rebuke on Memorial Day to the "scum" in the last four years under the Biden administration who the President said tried to "destroy our country through warped radical left minds." In a post on Truth Social, President Trump began his attack by wishing everyone a "Happy Memorial Day." "Happy […]

As the Supreme Court edges closer to a Florida war over rifle restrictions—a fight that state Attorney General James Uthmeier has preemptively refused to fight—Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended the chief legal officer's move as "credible." At a Tampa press conference Tuesday morning, DeSantis also shut down a comparison between Uthmeier and two state […]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently permitted President Donald Trump to temporarily rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Venezuelan immigrants. In an 8-1 ruling, SCOTUS halted a San Francisco court order prohibiting the federal government from suspending TPS status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants. While SCOTUS’ decision is not […]

US Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar (R-FL) recently pledged to reintroduce the ‘Dignity Act’ - a bipartisan major immigration reform bill - in June.  Praising President Donald Trump’s criminal illegal immigration crackdown, Representative Salazar argued immigrants who’ve exemplified “good conduct” and who’ve contributed to the economy should be offered a path to legal residency and citizenship.  Salazar […]

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has temporarily permitted the continuation of the US military’s recent policy of banning transgender individuals from joining the military.  A recent SCOTUS ruling enables the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue prohibiting the entry of transgender individuals into the military despite a district court decision invalidating the policy.  The district […]

During an interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, Rep. Moskowitz accused the GOP of hypocrisy, pointing out that the same party that ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) over a CR is now supporting a similar measure under House Speaker Mike Johnson (R).

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently ruled against President Donald Trump’s request to freeze $2 billion of USAID payments.  President Trump had asked SCOTUS to reaffirm the US’ freezing of $2 billion USAID ‘reimbursement’ payments to companies for work that had already allegedly been performed.  However, in a 5-4 ruling, SCOTUS rejected Trump’s request, ruling […]

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of President Donald Trump’s authority to remove federal officials from office.  President Trump recently fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of the Special Counsel (OSC), who subsequently sued to challenge Trump’s authority to remove him.  Attorney General Uthmeier, […]

A Florida Republican has filed a bill to repeal the state's ban on bump stocks, tools that let certain firearms shoot like machine guns, eight months after the Supreme Court struck down a federal version of the ban. State Rep. Toby Overdorf, a pro-gun advocate and member of the National Rifle Association, introduced HB 6013 […]

Though Gov. Ron DeSantis strongly approves of President Donald Trump's new executive order ending birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants, he doesn't think it will hold up in the Supreme Court. Gov. DeSantis referred to one of Trump's 26 executive orders issued on his first day in office, which clarifies that children of illegal immigrants do […]

President-elect Donald Trump became the first president to be criminally sentenced after the US Supreme Court declined to stay sentencing in his New York ‘hush-money’ criminal case.  President Trump had argued sentencing would unduly burden his presidency and should therefore be halted.  The Supreme Court, however, disagreed.  In a brief one-paragraph memo, the court argued […]

Florida Sen. Tina Polsky, a Democrat, filed a bill Tuesday that would repeal a state statute exclusively defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. While the 1997 statute has been inoperable since a 2015 Supreme Court ruling nixed all gay marriage bans, Sen. Polsky wants Florida to strike down its anti-gay language. […]

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has ruled President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential immunity protections do not apply for his conviction on 34-felony counts by a New York court earlier this year.  Last July, the Supreme Court ruled that Presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts conducted while in office.  In a 6-3 decision, […]