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In It to Win It

(8,299 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 02:41 PM Mar 2023

11th Circuit upholds injunction on DeSantis' 'Stop WOKE Act' pending appeal

https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/eleventh-circuits-order-denying-defendants-motion-stay-novoa-v-diaz


FIRE
@TheFIREorg

BREAKING: Federal appeals court says Florida’s universities can’t enforce the Stop WOKE Act pending appeal.
https://thefire.org/research-learn/eleventh-circuits-order-denying-defendants-motion-stay-novoa-v-diaz


Federal judge’s order—in two lawsuits, one by FIRE, the other by @ACLU & @NAACP_LDF—directing Florida’s public universities not to enforce the law remains in place. Professors must be able to discuss subjects like race and gender without hesitation or fear of state reprisal.

Any law that limits the free exchange of ideas in university classrooms should lose in both the court of law and the court of public opinion.

FIRE filed its lawsuit in September.

"Without the freedom to engage in vigorous and robust debate about important issues and contentious concepts, a college education is just an exercise in memorizing facts and repeating government-approved viewpoints," said FIRE attorney @adamsteinbaugh. "That's not freedom or education."

More background: https://thefire.org/news/lawsuit-fire-challenges-stop-woke-acts-limits-how-florida-professors-can-teach-about-race-sex



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11th Circuit upholds injunction on DeSantis' 'Stop WOKE Act' pending appeal (Original Post) In It to Win It Mar 2023 OP
What now, DeSatan? EYESORE 9001 Mar 2023 #1
He'll declare the courts and judges are woke. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #7
Off to the Supreme Court! rubbersole Mar 2023 #8
Now do TX and MS ... live love laugh Mar 2023 #2
DeSantis just wants the publicity BootinUp Mar 2023 #3
1A is a real pain, isn't it Guv. Man Bewbs? Aviation Pro Mar 2023 #4
DeathSantis is losing another lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #5
DeSatan and all the wanna be dictators would never have even thought of trying this... Ligyron Mar 2023 #6
I think a lot of this is literal testing of the courts BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #9
like it republianmushroom Mar 2023 #10

EYESORE 9001

(26,020 posts)
1. What now, DeSatan?
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 02:56 PM
Mar 2023

Deploy your Praetorian Guard throughout state schools? You know in your rotten fascist heart that you want to.

live love laugh

(13,181 posts)
2. Now do TX and MS ...
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 03:41 PM
Mar 2023

Both have recently used the state legislature to eliminate elected city officials of school boards and courts in order to impose unelected Republican “rule” on citizens.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR7Hpsqs/

Ligyron

(7,644 posts)
6. DeSatan and all the wanna be dictators would never have even thought of trying this...
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 04:22 PM
Mar 2023

if it wasn't for the stacked Supreme Court and other allies that have been installed in our Judicial Branch.

BumRushDaShow

(129,806 posts)
9. I think a lot of this is literal testing of the courts
Thu Mar 16, 2023, 05:13 PM
Mar 2023

to see how malleable they are and try to get as much as they can to "stick". Then anything that does "stick" will be templated for other RW loon states to use.

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