Gov. DeSantis's Designated List of "Terror Groups" Put on Hold, Florida Court Rules Amid Islamic Group's Lawsuit
FDLE says no designation will be made until regulations are finalized as CAIR and allied groups challenge the law in federal court.
- Florida officials are pausing a plan to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other groups as domestic terrorist organizations, pending finalization of regulations by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
- Governor Ron DeSantis announced the initiative on July 1 as a new state law took effect, citing CAIR's alleged involvement in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation case to block public support for groups deemed security threats.
- The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit arguing the move violates First Amendment rights and due process, potentially causing "irreparable harm" to nonprofit advocacy.
- State attorneys confirmed in a Monday filing that "No designation will be made before the regulations are finalized," establishing no clear implementation timeline currently exists.
- The state and legal groups representing CAIR are scheduled to provide another update to the court on July 22, while officials have not yet announced a special meeting for the Cabinet to ratify potential designations.
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DeSantis, FDLE delay move to designate CAIR a domestic terrorist group
On the day a law went into effect allowing a handful of officials to declare organizations terrorist groups, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Tampa announcing a recommendation from the state’s chief of domestic security to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa domestic terrorist organizations. Nearly two weeks later, […] The post DeSantis, FDLE delay move to designate CAIR a dom…
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Tallahassee DemocratDeSantis' domestic terror designation to Muslim rights group on pause
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Gov. DeSantis's designated list of "terror groups" put on hold, Florida court rules amid Islamic group's lawsuit
The law took effect July 1 and Gov. Ron DeSantis that day declared he would seek the "terrorism" designation for CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, various foreign cartels, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran and the anti-fascism movement antifa.
DeSantis's Terrorist Designation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Is On Hold
Nearly two weeks after Gov. DeSantis announced a recommendation from the state’s chief’s chief of domestic security to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Brotherhood, and Antifa domestic terrorist organizations, that recommendation has yet to go into effect, and there is no clear timetable when it will be, according to a filing in federal court on Monday. The post DeSantis’s Terrorist Designation of the Counci…
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