...A Florida judge ruled Monday that lawmakers’ changes to the state’s controversial “stand your ground” self-defense law violate the state’s constitution....
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...In his ruling Monday, Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch in Miami found that the Legislature overstepped its authority in making the alterations. He said that because the changes were procedural rather than substantive, they could only be made by the Florida Supreme Court, which spelled out how pretrial “stand your ground” hearings should occur in a 2015 decision....