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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Friday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by

A federal judge has ruled that federal courts lack the power to reinstate an elected state prosecutor removed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis because the case centered on state law.

Where a plaintiff has brought suit over his dismissal as a student from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment should be allowed in part, as (1) the plaintiff’s state-law claims are barred by Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity principles to the extent that he seeks monetary damages from defendants or retroactive injunctive relief, (2) the plaintiff received adequate procedural due process prior to his dismissal and (3) the plaintiff cannot demonstrate that he was treated differently.

Whether Puerto Rico enjoys the same immunity from lawsuits that U.S. states have was considered by the Supreme ...

Because Congress abrogated tribal sovereign immunity with respect to the automatic stay provision, the Tribe cannot assert sovereign immunity to avoid sanctions for violation of the automatic stay."