In this episode: Florida’s attorney general defied a federal court order and bragged about it on TV. A trio of appellate court judges colluded to strike down a state law. The board of education ordered a school superintendent to break the rules and ban more books. And the governor seized property to build an immigrant prison in the Everglades. Each of these would be an extraordinary story on its own. But taken together, they show just how far the authoritarian state has expanded in Florida.

Show notes:

Judge finds Florida attorney general in contempt over immigration law

How a Florida court took unusual steps to limit abortion access for minors

As Hillsborough book battle unfolds, other districts wonder who’s next

Florida seizes Everglades land to house detained migrants in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Read the federal judge’s order finding Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court

Read Uthmeier’s legal briefs and the Florida appellate court’s opinion in a case permitting parents to force their kids to give birth

Watch comments from Board of Education members ordering a school superintendent to ban more books and see the list of books they wanted banned

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