US EditionFederal judge blocks Florida governor’s foreign terrorist label of Muslim groups
A federal judge blocked Florida's order labeling CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists citing First Amendment violations and lack of federal authority.
- A federal judge in Tallahassee on Wednesday blocked Gov. Ron DeSantis from declaring CAIR a terrorist organization, issuing a preliminary injunction. The court found he overstepped authority and violated the First Amendment.
- DeSantis signed Executive Order 25-244 in December, labeling CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood and directing agencies to bar contracts and funds, prompting civil-rights lawsuits.
- In a detailed ruling, the court described the order as a `prior restraint' and found the Governor cannot unilaterally designate a major Muslim civil rights group as terrorist, citing chilling effects on a Florida-based production company and the South Florida Muslim Federation, Judge Walker wrote.
- The injunction takes effect immediately, preventing the state from enforcing the order against CAIR while the lawsuit continues, and the Governor's office has not yet said whether it will appeal.
- Across states, similar designations have emerged with Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump targeting Muslim groups, while CAIR condemns terrorism amid Florida's 500,000 Muslim residents.
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Court Blocks Florida Gov. DeSantis's Executive Order Designating CAIR as Terrorist Organization
The order "prevents CAIR or 'any person known to have provided material support or resources' to CAIR 'from receiving any contract, employment, funds, or other benefit or privilege'" from Florida state or local governments.
Florida judge wallops Ron DeSantis' 'political posturing'
Religion New Service reports a federal judge blocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ bid to demonize a Muslim civil rights organization by calling it a “terrorist group.”The group is not listed on the U.S. Department of State’s list of terrorist organizations, and in his ruling, Judge Mark E. Walker, U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Florida, called the governor’s move politically motivated and unconstitutional. “The First Amendment ba…
Judge blocks Gov. DeSantis executive order labelling Muslim group as terrorists
A federal judge has blocked an executive order by Governor Ron DeSantis that declared the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, a terrorist organization. The ruling comes after civil rights groups filed a lawsuit in December. The ruling, from U.S District Judge Mark Walker, says the First Amendment “bars the Governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others…
Judge blocks DeSantis' terrorist label of Muslim group
(RNS) — A federal judge blocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ move to designate a Muslim civil rights organization as a terrorist group in the state, calling the governor’s attempt politically motivated and unconstitutional. Two months ago, DeSantis, a Republican, issued an executive order declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations, one of the largest Muslim civil rights groups in the United States, as a foreign terrorist organization and…
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