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A court grapples with the Florida Legislature’s claim of ‘legislative privilege’

In lawsuit about a congressional redistricting plan the Florida House and Senate wants to shield lawmakers from testifying in lawsuits.
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A court will weigh ‘legislative privilege’ and whether Florida legislators should testify in a redistricting case

An appeals court will hear arguments next month in a dispute about whether Florida lawmakers should be shielded from testifying in lawsuits.
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The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments about Florida’s congressional districts in September

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments about the redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022.
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Florida seeks to end a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional redistricting

Florida urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that state House districts and congressional districts are unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
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Voting rights groups end their federal challenge to congressional redistricting; a challenge remains at the Florida Supreme Court

Voting rights groups will not appeal a federal court ruling that upheld the constitutionality of a Florida congressional redistricting plan.
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A rehearing is rejected in Florida’s congressional redistricting

A federal court rejected a request by voting rights groups to reconsider a ruling that upheld the constitutionality of Florida's congressional redistricting.
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A new lawsuit says some Florida House and congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered

A federal lawsuit contends that some state House and congressional districts in Florida were unconstitutionally gerrymandered in 2022.
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Florida defends its Congressional map

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration urged the state Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of a 2022 congressional redistricting plan.
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Voting rights groups want a court to take another look at whether Florida redistricting was racially discriminatory

Voting rights groups want a court to reconsider a ruling that upheld the constitutionality of a Florida congressional redistricting plan.

The Scoop: Thu., March 28, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

A congressional redistricting plan pushed by Governor DeSantis in 2022 has been rejected by a panel of three federal judges.
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Federal judges uphold Florida’s congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge federal panel rejected a challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature.
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Florida leaders, advocacy nonprofit take legal step to fight for Black congressional district

Listen: A case being heard in the Florida Supreme Court is challenging the Governor’s overhaul of a black North Florida Congressional District. Now, a non-profit advocacy group, along with over 31 current and former elected...

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