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Jim RosicaOctober 3, 2016

Questions of “good faith” were the nub of the first day of trial between the state and the Seminole Tribe over its ability to keep offering blackjack to casino customers across Florida. Lawyers for both sides Monday focused on the elemental question of who was right and who was wrong in the beginning of this […]

Gary FineoutAugust 18, 2016

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A federal judge on Thursday definitively blocked a Florida abortion law that prevents state funds from going to organizations that provide abortions after the administration of Gov. Rick Scott made the unusual decision to drop further legal action. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle had placed a temporary hold on the law in June just hours […]

Associated PressJune 29, 2016

A federal judge is considering whether to block a new law that places restrictions on abortion clinics in Florida. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle said at an hour-long hearing Wednesday that he may rule before the law takes effect Friday. Hinkle sharply questioned attorneys representing both Planned Parenthood and the state. But Hinkle also questioned […]

Mitch PerryAugust 13, 2015

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Although same-sex marriage has been legal since the first week of 2015, a new lawsuit contends the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics refuses to allow hospitals to list both same-sex parents on their baby’s birth certificate. Three married same-sex couples, including one based in St. Petersburg, and the LGBT activist group Equality Florida have filed […]

Julie DelegalDecember 30, 2014

Chutzpah. That’s what Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has. Not for accepting lavish vacations from the lobbyists who fund the Republican Attorneys General Association. No, that’s a whole ’nother column. AG Bondi has the chutzpah to pretend, for the sake of politics, that Florida’s Clerks of Court are exempt from obeying the United States Constitution. U.S. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2014

As always, Howard Simon is a very busy man. The executive director of the ACLU of Florida for over 17 years was in Tampa early Friday morning as the featured guest speaker at the annual Tampa/Hillsborough County Human Rights Council awards breakfast at the DoubleTree Hotel in Westshore. Simon said one of the chief reasons he […]

Tag: Judge Robert Hinkle

‘Good faith’ at issue in Seminole Tribe blackjack trial

Judge definitively blocks Florida abortion law

U.S. judge considers fate of new Florida abortion law

Florida sued for refusing to list both same-sex parents on birth certificates

Julie Delegal: No ban on Pam Bondi’s chutzpah

Florida ACLU head Howard Simon on the police, same-sex marriage and restoration of ex-felon voting rights