Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday left in place a block on a new Florida immigration law that imposes criminal penalties on migrants who are in the U.S. illegally and enter into the state, with the justices declining to pause a lower court decision that stopped it from taking effect while legal proceedings move forward.

Sen. Mike Lee filed an amicus brief, often called a “friend of the court” filing, to the Supreme Court as it considers taking up a long-running case about religious freedom over prayer ahead of a high school football game.

Five legislators who were denied access to the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades last week when they attempted an unannounced inspection have filed a lawsuit

The Florida Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Michael Bell, convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of two people in Jacksonville.

Plaintiffs in the age verification lawsuit said that the law violated the First Amendment, the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause and federal law. Florida wasn't alone in facing litigation for this type of law, since Free Speech Coalition also filed challenges in states including Tennessee, Louisiana, Utah, Indiana, Montana.