Florida, Supreme Court and immigration
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Florida can't enforce a controversial new law targeting undocumented immigrants entering Florida, the Supreme Court said on July 9.
The Florida Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Michael Bell, convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of two people in Jacksonville.
Plaintiffs in the age verification lawsuit said that the law violated the First Amendment, the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause and federal law. Florida wasn't alone in facing litigation for this type of law, since Free Speech Coalition also filed challenges in states including Tennessee, Louisiana, Utah, Indiana, Montana.