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April 2024 — On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court decides to uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban, paving the way for the state’s six-week ban to go into effect May 1. The court also rules ...
Florida voters will have the final say on a constitutional amendment to guarantee access to abortion after the state's Supreme Court Monday decided to allow the question on the 2024 statewide ballot.
Florida has become a key abortion access point amid widespread restrictions that have taken hold in the region in the two years since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade.
Florida's highest court on Thursday rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his second ...
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
The Florida Supreme Court paved the way for a 6-week abortion ban, while allowing an amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot.
This new sentencing scheme was struck down by the Florida Supreme Court in a ruling 5–2 in October 2016, which held that a death sentence must be issued by a unanimous jury. [28] The United States Supreme Court later left this decision undisturbed. [29] Governor Scott in early 2017 signed a new law requiring a unanimous jury. [30]
The Florida Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida.The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. [2]