Good to see academic freedom win a skirmish in Florida. The power of the state was being used to tell the state's colleges what could not be discussed or said. Stifling discussions in a university seems so very un-American and so authoritarian. Of course DeSantis will spend more taxpayer money to appeal. With a nod to '1984,' a federal judge blocks Florida's anti-'woke' law in colleges"The State of Florida's decision to choose which viewpoints are worthy of illumination and which must remain in the shadows has implications for us all," Walker wrote. "But the First Amendment does not permit the State of Florida to muzzle its university professors, impose its own orthodoxy of viewpoints, and cast us all into the dark." The bill prohibits schools and workplaces from any instruction that suggests that any individual, by virtue of their race, color, sex or national origin, "bears responsibility for and must feel guilt, anguish or other forms of psychological distress" on account of historical acts of racism. The bill also forbids education or training that says individuals are "privileged or oppressed" due to their race or sex. Thursday's ruling is the second legal setback for the law. An August ruling, also by Walker, blocked another part of the bill that targeted workplace diversity practices. The law faces another challenge by K-12 teachers.
Look on the bright side, if DeSantis loses (most likely result), he'll get to pay the legal bills for both Cooper & Kirk (the very expensive D.C. firm he hired) and all of the plaintiffs' attorneys! And by DeSantis paying those bills, I mean Florida's taxpayers.
I suspect this is just one of many suits he, and the taxpayers, are going to lose. He doesn't care, he just wants the headlines. Easy wins on the horizon House district maps State AG removal Funding for migrant flights from Texas Broward school superintendent vote Im sure there are more. Who are the migrants that he flew north suing?
