Legal Updates

Posted on December 23, 2019December 18, 2019 by Sarah Harris

BALLOT POSITIONING A U.S. District Court judge struck down a 1951 law requiring that the political party in control of the Governor’s Office during an election year be listed first on ballots. Statistics have shown that the first ballot position receives a disproportionate number of votes, creating an unfair advantage. BEST AND BRIGHTEST SETTLEMENT A Read more about Legal Updates[…]

March Issues of Interest

Posted on March 22, 2013July 13, 2013 by Lena Juarez

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld the temporary ban on Florida’s drug-testing for welfare recipients. The Court stated that Florida failed to show that the drug testing plan was so critical that the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bars unreasonable searches by the government, should be suspended. Governor Rick Scott immediately Read more about March Issues of Interest[…]