In Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that abortion was protected under the right to privacy implied in the 14th Amendment. The court divided the typical 40-week pregnancy into three trimesters ...

Ron DeSantis, the recreational marijuana amendment appears to have failed to pass. Recreational weed remains illegal in Florida. But it got 55.9% of the vote, according to the unofficial returns ...

Cherokee Nation Entertainment filed a federal lawsuit Friday, saying the gaming license was its property and that the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution prohibit the government from ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who harnessed the power of state government and millions in taxpayer dollars in a bid to doom Amendment 4, posted about its failure on social media on Tuesday ...

6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who engaged in insurrection against the U.S. from holding federal or state office. Legal scholars ...

There were six constitutional amendments on Floridian ballots on Tuesday and voters said "no" on Amendment 3. That means that Florida will not become the 25th state where recreational marijuana ...

There were six constitutional amendments on Floridian ballots on Tuesday and Amendment 4, which would have enshrined Floridians' rights to abortion after 6 weeks, failed. Amendment 4, titled ...

More than 6 million Florida voters, representing 57% of the vote, cast their ballot in favor of Amendment 4 on Election Day Tuesday. Yet, the abortion measure failed to pass despite 1.5 million ...

Amendment 1 would have made school board elections partisan, requiring candidates to disclose whether they are Republicans, Democrats or members of another party. However, the amendment required a ...

Florida's amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to meet the 60% needed to pass, despite it receiving more "yes" votes. Amendment 3 asked voters to consider a state constitutional ...

Florida is now the first state to defeat an abortion rights amendment since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The measure needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass, the highest ...