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There is a particular irony in the arrest of Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso. Caruso, a former Republican member of the Florida House and a political ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday on five felony charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a young relative. Caruso has denied the allegations and, as with anyone

There is a striking irony in the Trump administration’s new effort to restore firearm rights to people with felony convictions. Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Second Amendment should not be treated as a “second-class right” and that people should not be permanently deprived of a constitutional right without considering whether they actually pose a danger to public safety. The new

FAC NOTE: FAC is not publishing this report to shame, harass, or prejudge the alleged offender. The purpose is to make an important point: people who commit sexual harm can come from every walk of life—including people who hold positions of political or governmental authority. Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso was arrested Tuesday morning and immediately suspended

Every enforcement system runs on two currencies: authority and money. The authority is written into statute. The money is harder to see, because it does not sit in one place. It is scattered across federal grant conditions, state appropriations, county budgets, court dockets, jail rosters, and technology contracts—each justified on its own terms, each defensible in isolation, and each part

FAC has received a lot of media attention this week because of our lawsuit challenging Florida’s sex offender registry. Some of that coverage has been in mainstream media, and some has been across social media. The mainstream media coverage has been professional, factual, and largely neutral. The comments underneath those stories and on social media, however, have been a different