Andrea Rumbaugh: It is harder than ever in Florida for felons, especially African Americans, to regain their civil rights, including the right to vote.

Tristram Korten: Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s Republican-led legislature have become the national vanguard for testing the boundaries of accepted constitutional protections.

Tristram Korten: El gobernador Rick Scott y la Legislatura de la Florida, controlada por los republicanos, se han convertido en la vanguardia nacional para poner a prueba los límites de las protecciones constitucionales aceptadas.

Howard Goodman: A federal judge has ruled that Gov. Rick Scott violated the Constitution last year when he ordered drug testing for state government workers.

Ralph De La Cruz: The state legislature and Gov. Rick Scott pushed the constitutional envelope so far this past legislative session that you almost need a scorecard to keep up with the legal challenges it’s facing at taxpayer expense.

Ralph De La Cruz: State lawmakers passed “statement” legislation last session about firearms, welfare and unions, and now Floridians are paying for those laws at the courthouse.