U.S. Judge Overturns Restrictions on Travel to Cuba by Academics

A federal judge has struck down a Florida law that restricts travel by students, faculty members, and researchers at the state's public colleges and universities to Cuba and four other countries that the U.S. government considers terrorist states.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida had challenged the law in court on behalf of the Faculty Senate at Florida International University, arguing that the statute violated faculty members' First Amendment rights and impinged on the

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