ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has come to the defense of his anti-riot bill, urging a federal judge to throw out the constitutional challenge to it filed by Black Lives Matter Tampa and a lawyer group.
As Anti-Riot Laws Pass, Legal Challenges Grow By
Cara Bayles | June 6, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT
Police arrested Black Lives Matter protesters in Columbus Ohio last summer. A few months later, state lawmakers proposed a bill that would have created stiff penalties for protesters who block traffic, and create affirmative defenses for people who harm or kill rioters. The bill failed, but similar legislation is still pending in many states. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law what he called the strongest anti-looting, anti-rioting, pro-law-enforcement piece of legislation in the country, two different federal lawsuits sought to overturn it.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a controversial new law aimed at cracking down on violent protests.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 6.3.21
Good Thursday morning.
A top-of-Sunburn birthday shoutout to my brother from another mother,Â
Reggie Cardozo. Florida and D.C. politics know Reggie as a former Obama White House staffer and a top-flight political strategist, but I know him as a dedicated husband to
Stephanie, father to
Fallon, and
Sutton James, and a trusted friend to many. He’s also my boat buddy, a fellow connoisseur of Bloody Marys and dirty martinis, and just funny as hell.
Happy birthday, brother.
Converge Government Affairs has added top Jacksonville lobbyist
Deno Hicks as a partner in the firm.