Here are 10 under-the-radar Florida political stories to watch in 2026

Florida Politics ^ | January 1, 2026 | Staff

[T Ruth]

Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t flinch when the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued Florida over his executive order labeling CAIR a terrorist organization. In fact, he welcomed it, framing the case as a vehicle for discovery that could expose the group’s funding sources.

CAIR, which has never been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the federal government, argues the order violates due process, free speech, and federal authority over terror designations.

The lawsuit tees up a constitutional showdown with implications well beyond CAIR itself: whether a Governor can unilaterally impose sweeping punitive restrictions on an American civil rights organization without criminal findings or judicial review.

With Texas taking similar steps, Trump 2.0-era signals about Muslim Brotherhood designations, and Florida lawmakers hinting at codifying the policy, the case could become a quiet but consequential test of state-level executive powers.

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[T Ruth]

I picked only one of the ten to excerpt.

[MtnClimber]

CAIR and terrorism are the same thing.

[Liz]

FTA

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With Texas taking similar steps, Trump 2.0-era signals about Muslim Brotherhood designations, and Florida lawmakers hinting at codifying the policy, the case could become a quiet but consequential test of state-level executive powers. Read more at floridapolitics.com ...

[4Runner]

An “American Civil Rights Organization”???????? Really?????

Keep it up CAIR.

Both you and your f’n lawyers won’t know one end of a camel from the other by the time we finish with you.

By then, you’ll have finally realized y’all made one big, f’n, colossal mistake.

And correcting it will no longer be an option available to you.

Like Custer at Little Bighorn, baby.

[TBP]

Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t flinch when the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued Florida over his executive order labeling CAIR a terrorist organization. In fact, he welcomed it, framing the case as a vehicle for discovery that could expose the group’s funding sources.

How long before H1-Byron and hte rest of the #RINOs attack DeSantis for this?