Florida’s Move to ‘Deactivate’ Pro-Palestinian Student Groups Garners Second Lawsuit

Published on November 28, 2023

Florida is facing its second federal lawsuit over a recent move to disband a pro-Palestinian student group at two of its top universities. The University of South Florida (USF) chapter of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) claims that the Oct. 24 order to disband its group—issued by Gov. Ron DeSantis and State University System chancellor Ray Rodrigues—is unconstitutional and an infringement on students’ rights to free speech. USF’s SJP chapter is represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which filed its lawsuit on Nov. 20. The American Civil Liberties Union, representing the University of Florida’s (UF) SJP chapter, filed suit on Nov. 16....

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