CAIR-Florida could be forced to stop operating as Nov. 5 deadline approaches, ACLU attorney says

CAIR-Florida is preparing for the possibility that it may have to stop operating in Florida this week as a federal judge considers an emergency request to block the states designation of the organization as a domestic terrorist organization.The Council on American-Islamic Relations and its Florida chapter are challenging the designation in federal court. The dispute centers on HB 1471, a Florida law that took effect July 1 and created a state process for designating domestic and foreign terrorist organizations.Watch report from Jada Williams CAIR-Florida fights state terrorism designation ahead of Nov. 5 deadlineThe law authorizes Floridas Chief of Domestic Security to make a designation if statutory requirements are met. It requires written notice and gives the governor and Cabinet authority to approve or reject the designation by majority vote.On Sept. 29, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations, including CAIR. The