Florida’s branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has shut down following a federal court ruling that sided with the DeSantis administration’s effort to label the Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the state’s legal victory after CAIR, represented by the ACLU, had challenged the designation on First and due-process grounds. CAIR has said it plans to appeal the decision.
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Florida carried out its 19th execution of the year at Raiford, tying a state record, on a day when two other states — Indiana and Alabama — also administered the death penalty. The trio of executions came the same day California’s governor announced he would commute all 548 death sentences in that state. Outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis has made aggressive use of the death penalty during his tenure.
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Florida Republicans won every statewide race on Tuesday, but Democrats made significant gains in the state legislature, flipping 16 Florida House seats — the party’s largest single-election pickup in 30 years. The wins reduced the Republican House majority to its smallest margin in decades, even as the GOP retained the governor’s mansion, attorney general’s office, and other statewide posts.
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