Dara Kam

July 24, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Plaintiffs in the case and 10 Democratic U.S. senators are asking that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Judges Barbara Lagoa, left, and Robert Luck, center, step aside from the voting-rights case. Judge Robin Rosenbaum, right, already has disqualified herself.

By Dara Kam

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July 23, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week accused Judges Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck of judicial misconduct and reneging on pledges they made before their Senate confirmations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit last year.

By Dara Kam

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July 22, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to keep hundreds of thousands of felons from voting unless they pay court-ordered financial obligations associated with their convictions.

By Dara Kam

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July 20, 2020 | Daily Business Review

It is believed that the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a record number of Floridians casting ballots from home to reduce chances of being infected with the highly contagious coronavirus.

By Dara Kam

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July 17, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck, two of the targeted U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit judges, were picked by Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve on the Florida Supreme Court shortly after he took office in 2019.

By Dara Kam

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July 15, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Edward Guedes told a three-judge panel of the appellate court that local officials cannot be punished for enacting stricter gun control measures because local governments are entitled to "absolute legislative immunity" when acting in their official capacity.

By Dara Kam

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July 14, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The city of Tallahassee and media organizations tried to persuade a circuit judge that a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at protecting victims'…

By Dara Kam

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July 01, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Voters throughout the state will encounter a variety of protective measures if they decide to cast ballots in person during the Aug. 18 primary elections and Nov. 3 general election.

By Dara Kam

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June 29, 2020 | Daily Business Review

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle rejected the plaintiffs' argument that requiring voters to pick up the tab for stamps amounts to an unconstitutional "poll tax," saying the cost for postage was no different than the price voters have to pay to take public transportation to cast their ballots in person.

By Dara Kam

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June 26, 2020 | Daily Business Review

The Leon County ordinance "is a radical infringement of the reasonable and legitimate expectation of privacy that most Floridians expect to have over their own bodily and facial autonomy in addition to their medical privacy," argues Rep. Anthony Sabatini, the lawyer representing the head of the Republican Party in the county.

By Dara Kam

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