One of the more contentious measures on the Florida ballot this November implicates religious liberty, with supporters claiming the provision will strengthen a time-honored freedom and opponents insisting it effectively overturns church-state separation.
The Florida Religious Freedom Amendment or Amendment 8 if passed by a 60 percent supermajority of voters, would revise Article I, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution.
Less than 24 hours after holding a press conference lambasting Florida Republicans for raising public university tuition and decreasing state subsidies to students, former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham appeared before the state Supreme Court arguing that universities should be allowed to raise them even higher.
While a solid plurality of the American electorate identifies as pro-life, abortion remains a very contentious issue both nationwide and in Florida, and this dynamic is likely to play out when voters head to the polls in November to decide the future of abortion law in the Sunshine State.
To understand just how the Florida Abortion Amendment, or Amendment 6, would impact state law, it is necessary to review what federal laws currently govern the controversial procedure.
When Mitt Romney referred to that 47 percent of Americans who are dependent upon government ... who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, he might have had in mind the 15 or so public university students who attended a Tallahassee news conference Wednesday afternoon.
The collegians joined former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and former Florida Sen. Rod Smith at the conference sponsored by the Florida Democratic Party.
While prominent lawyers and interest groups around Florida are vociferously condemning organized opposition to the November retention of three of the Sunshine States Supreme Court justices, they are curiously silent on one partys entrance into the public debate: the public-sector unions.
On Monday, U.S. congressional candidate Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, announced the firing of new communications director Ana Maria Rosato barely 90 minutes after Sunshine State News brought to light a string of recent pornographic and anti-Catholic tirades on her blog.
Fitzgerald is running against Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan for Florida's 16th Congressional District.
The Florida Supreme Court is looming high over the states upcoming November election. Not only are three of the high court's justices up for merit retention, but voters are being asked to weigh in on a measure that would radically change how their successors are appointed.
If passed by 60 percent of those headed to the polls, the Florida Supreme Court Amendment or Amendment 5 would alter Article V of the Florida Constitution in at least three key respects.
If the three Florida Supreme Court justices seeking retention in November wish to convince voters they arent left-wing activists, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
What theyre doing is probably not illegal, but from now until Nov. 6 city officials across the Sunshine State are being urged to use taxpayer-funded instruments to convince their citizens to oppose the Florida Property Tax Amendment, and the amendment's supporters are not happy about it.
