The executive order, issued in December, prevented the Council on American-Islamic Relations from receiving government benefits.
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' order to classify a prominent Muslim civil rights group as a terrorist organization, calling the Republican's action "a political statement at the expense of others’ constitutional rights."
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction against the governor's actions related to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.
DeSantis issued an executive order on Dec. 8 calling CAIR a "terrorist organization," which prevented the organization from "receiving any contract, employment, funds or other benefit or privilege."
"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' constitutional rights," Walker wrote.
7 Comments
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 172d
Civil rights are terrorism to the new Nazi party, just like they were to the old Nazi party.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 172d
It's why they're going after antifa.
Steve@startrek.website · 7 pts · 172d
Which doesnt exist
HermitBee@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 171d
People think it's some big organised global network of terrorists, like Al Quaeda.
But in fact it's nothing more than a sinister name given to a common idea linking diverse and numerous groups, of varying levels of activity and zealousness, with zero overarching structure, and certainly no leadership, created by parties who benefit from its existence, like Al Quaeda.
KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca · 19 pts · 172d
If the courts or Congress want to have an opinion on the matter they need to start having some teeth.
You cannot appeal to reason and law with the delusional and lawless.
SoupBrick@pawb.social · 4 pts · 172d
Wdym, they have "Slammed" this administration so many times!
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 172d
Yeah! They'd better shut up!
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