Protesters

UF says pro-Palestinian student demonstrators could be suspended and even banished from campus for three years. Employees and professors who break the rules could be fired.

Law enforcement arrested more than a dozen protestors throughout this session.

A controversial measure that critics argue chills Floridians' right to peacefully protest remains blocked as a legal challenge to the new law moves through the courts.

Protesters attended a public hearing Thursday about the proposed rule. It could be used “to censor viewpoints in support of LGBTQ+ youth and families,” Kara Gross with the ACLU of Florida said in a statement condemning the plan.

Graydon Young, of Englewood, said he saw parallels between the insurrection and the French people who “stood up and resisted kings and tyrants” more than two centuries ago.

Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to abortion-rights protests outside the houses of U.S. Supreme Court justices as he announced signing a measure intended to prevent picketing and protests outside people’s homes.

Protesters who take their demonstrations to people’s homes could face jail time and fines. A proposed Florida Senate bill addresses unlawful assemblies that target residences. It comes amid rising cases of harassment among elected leaders.

The City of Tallahassee is joining other municipalities in launching a legal challenge to the law, which created new crimes and strengthened penalties for violence or property damage during protests.

Parsing sentences might be a lost art, but attorneys in a court battle over a controversial Florida law that targets violent protests might want to brush up on their grammar skills in advance of a hearing next week.

Lawyers for the state are seeking to sidestep mediation ordered by a federal judge, in a legal challenge to a controversial law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis aimed at cracking down on violent protests.