News lead: A federal judge has stayed enforcement of the law’s provisions for employers as part of a lawsuit filed by Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts in June. Get up to speed: The law prohibits classroom and corporate training discussions that make students or employees feel uncomfortable about their race. What they say: “Florida lawmakers may well find the plaintiffs’ speech repugnant. But under our constitutional system, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence,” wrote Mark Walker, chief justice of US District Court. Northern District of Florida, in its decision.
“If Florida really believes we live in a post-racial society, then let her make the case. But she can’t win the argument by silencing her opponents.”
Meanwhile: The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a group of Florida teachers, arguing that “Stop WOKE” violates the Constitution’s First Amendment and Tenth fourth amendment. Enlarge: University of South Florida law professor Dana Thompson Dorsey, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, claims the law will negatively affect her upcoming graduate courses, “School Law” and “Critical Race Studies: Research, Policy, and Praxis (Critical Race Studies), forbidding discussion.
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is listed among the defendants along with the Florida Board of Trustees of the State University System.
The other side: Renee Fargason, a spokeswoman for the Florida State University System’s Board of Regents, and USF declined to comment to Axios on the pending litigation.
The Florida State Board of Education did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.
What to watch: Another federal lawsuit, filed by a group of parents and educators minutes after DeSantis signed the bill in April, is still pending. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
title: “Federal Judge Halts Part Of Florida S Stop Woke Act Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Miriam Blaze”
News lead: A federal judge has stayed enforcement of the law’s provisions for employers as part of a lawsuit filed by Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts in June. Get up to speed: The law prohibits classroom and corporate training discussions that make students or employees feel uncomfortable about their race. What they say: “Florida lawmakers may well find the plaintiffs’ speech repugnant. But under our constitutional system, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence,” wrote Mark Walker, chief justice of US District Court. Northern District of Florida, in its decision.
“If Florida really believes we live in a post-racial society, then let her make the case. But she can’t win the argument by silencing her opponents.”
Meanwhile: The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a group of Florida teachers, arguing that “Stop WOKE” violates the Constitution’s First Amendment and Tenth fourth amendment. Enlarge: University of South Florida law professor Dana Thompson Dorsey, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, claims the law will negatively affect her upcoming graduate courses, “School Law” and “Critical Race Studies: Research, Policy, and Praxis (Critical Race Studies), forbidding discussion.
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is listed among the defendants along with the Florida Board of Trustees of the State University System.
The other side: Renee Fargason, a spokeswoman for the Florida State University System’s Board of Regents, and USF declined to comment to Axios on the pending litigation.
The Florida State Board of Education did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.
What to watch: Another federal lawsuit, filed by a group of parents and educators minutes after DeSantis signed the bill in April, is still pending. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
title: “Federal Judge Halts Part Of Florida S Stop Woke Act Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Peter Burbank”
News lead: A federal judge has stayed enforcement of the law’s provisions for employers as part of a lawsuit filed by Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts in June. Get up to speed: The law prohibits classroom and corporate training discussions that make students or employees feel uncomfortable about their race. What they say: “Florida lawmakers may well find the plaintiffs’ speech repugnant. But under our constitutional system, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence,” wrote Mark Walker, chief justice of US District Court. Northern District of Florida, in its decision.
“If Florida really believes we live in a post-racial society, then let her make the case. But she can’t win the argument by silencing her opponents.”
Meanwhile: The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a group of Florida teachers, arguing that “Stop WOKE” violates the Constitution’s First Amendment and Tenth fourth amendment. Enlarge: University of South Florida law professor Dana Thompson Dorsey, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, claims the law will negatively affect her upcoming graduate courses, “School Law” and “Critical Race Studies: Research, Policy, and Praxis (Critical Race Studies), forbidding discussion.
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is listed among the defendants along with the Florida Board of Trustees of the State University System.
The other side: Renee Fargason, a spokeswoman for the Florida State University System’s Board of Regents, and USF declined to comment to Axios on the pending litigation.
The Florida State Board of Education did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.
What to watch: Another federal lawsuit, filed by a group of parents and educators minutes after DeSantis signed the bill in April, is still pending. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
title: “Federal Judge Halts Part Of Florida S Stop Woke Act Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-09” author: “Morris Halm”
News lead: A federal judge has stayed enforcement of the law’s provisions for employers as part of a lawsuit filed by Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts in June. Get up to speed: The law prohibits classroom and corporate training discussions that make students or employees feel uncomfortable about their race. What they say: “Florida lawmakers may well find the plaintiffs’ speech repugnant. But under our constitutional system, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence,” wrote Mark Walker, chief justice of US District Court. Northern District of Florida, in its decision.
“If Florida really believes we live in a post-racial society, then let her make the case. But she can’t win the argument by silencing her opponents.”
Meanwhile: The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a group of Florida teachers, arguing that “Stop WOKE” violates the Constitution’s First Amendment and Tenth fourth amendment. Enlarge: University of South Florida law professor Dana Thompson Dorsey, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, claims the law will negatively affect her upcoming graduate courses, “School Law” and “Critical Race Studies: Research, Policy, and Praxis (Critical Race Studies), forbidding discussion.
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is listed among the defendants along with the Florida Board of Trustees of the State University System.
The other side: Renee Fargason, a spokeswoman for the Florida State University System’s Board of Regents, and USF declined to comment to Axios on the pending litigation.
The Florida State Board of Education did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.
What to watch: Another federal lawsuit, filed by a group of parents and educators minutes after DeSantis signed the bill in April, is still pending. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
title: “Federal Judge Halts Part Of Florida S Stop Woke Act Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “James Cortez”
News lead: A federal judge has stayed enforcement of the law’s provisions for employers as part of a lawsuit filed by Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund and workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts in June. Get up to speed: The law prohibits classroom and corporate training discussions that make students or employees feel uncomfortable about their race. What they say: “Florida lawmakers may well find the plaintiffs’ speech repugnant. But under our constitutional system, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence,” wrote Mark Walker, chief justice of US District Court. Northern District of Florida, in its decision.
“If Florida really believes we live in a post-racial society, then let her make the case. But she can’t win the argument by silencing her opponents.”
Meanwhile: The ACLU, the ACLU of Florida, the Legal Defense Fund and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a group of Florida teachers, arguing that “Stop WOKE” violates the Constitution’s First Amendment and Tenth fourth amendment. Enlarge: University of South Florida law professor Dana Thompson Dorsey, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, claims the law will negatively affect her upcoming graduate courses, “School Law” and “Critical Race Studies: Research, Policy, and Praxis (Critical Race Studies), forbidding discussion.
The University of South Florida Board of Trustees is listed among the defendants along with the Florida Board of Trustees of the State University System.
The other side: Renee Fargason, a spokeswoman for the Florida State University System’s Board of Regents, and USF declined to comment to Axios on the pending litigation.
The Florida State Board of Education did not immediately respond to Axios’ request for comment.
What to watch: Another federal lawsuit, filed by a group of parents and educators minutes after DeSantis signed the bill in April, is still pending. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
