Tag: Mark Walker
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Florida’s befuddling new voting laws all but guarantee widespread chaos in next year’s elections
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Floridians of every political persuasion who want to vote or help get out the vote in the 2024 elections must navigate a bog of confounding and scary new rules, courtesy of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration. -
DeSantis removed Tampa’s top prosecutor for ‘defiance’ on abortion law, but not Broward Sheriff Tony for outspoken opposition to anti-riot law
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When Gov. Ron DeSantis removed and replaced Tampa-area State Attorney Andrew Warren last month, he said he acted because Warren had essentially gone rogue – declaring publicly that he would not waste resources to prosecute abortion providers or doctors who provide gender-affirming care to transsexual youth or their parents. -
New anti-protest laws in Florida, Oklahoma cast long shadow on First Amendment rights
By Carrie Levins
Center for Public Integrity
Tiffany Crutcher was worried. Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit them. The state NAACP, saying the law was passed in response to racial justice demonstrations and could chill the exercising of First Amendment rights, filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of it. But the new law was only weeks from taking effect. -
Welcome to ‘Floridastan’: Trying to out-Texas Texas, DeSantis and GOP lawmakers hand vigilantes swords and shields
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislators are over performing for their favorite constituents: rightist culture warriors seeking legal support in their struggle against people, ideas and policies they fear and detest.
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