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SCOTUS
Correspondence Through Poetry. A Mind-Numbing Week.
Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems by Herbert Gold and Ari Gold, with Ethan Gold Imagine this, your father is in his 90s, he lives alone in a small rent-controlled apartment that has been...
Supreme Court rules for immunity in Trump case, and Florida Democrats react
For the first time, The Supreme Court has ruled former presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. The decision Monday extended the delay against former president Donald Trump’s charges that he planned to...
Republican Sam Garrison praised the ruling that upheld the constitutionality of an Oregon city’s ordinance cracking down on public camping.
U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a Florida law restricting social media companies
The U.S. Supreme Court said it will take up a First Amendment fight about a 2021 Florida law that restricted major social media companies.
The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
LISTEN HERE: White, Marion County woman arrested for shooting Black neighbor The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the...
U.S. Supreme Court eyes Florida’s social media law
The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies such as Facebook and Twitter.
Update: vote means St. Pete could play a role in overturning Citizens United
Update: on Thursday Oct. 5, 2017 the St. Petersburg City Council voted 6-2 to advance this ordinance. Below is a story originally published on Oct. 27, 2016 and here is a link to a related...
How St. Pete could play a role in overturning Citizens United
If the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns its Citizens United decision it might be because of an ordinance that’s being considered by St. Petersburg; on Thursday afternoon the City heard about an ordinance that would limit...
George Takei urges USF students to pursue social justice activism
Star Trek actor and social media star George Takei is telling USF students to pursue social justice activism; in an hour-plus speech at the Sun Dome on the Tampa campus of the University of South...
Tampa area Dems want Rubio and Senate to vote on SCOTUS nominee
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk is breaking with leaders of his Republican Party and meeting Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. Most Republican leaders say they won’t hold hearings or vote on Garland but Kirk is...
Law professor weighs in on SCOTUS vacancy after Scalia’s death
Arch-conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday and the balance of the Court could shift with his replacement; WMNF spoke with a constitutional law professor about how election year politics could influence what happens....
SCOTUS ruling: Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
SCOTUS ruling: Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
