DeSantis' campus 'intellectual freedom' survey has already spawned a lawsuit

[luv2fly]

Ron DeSantis' campus 'intellectual freedom' survey has already spawned a lawsuit
Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix
September 25, 2021

Months ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial law that would require Florida's colleges and universities to conduct a survey intended to gauge whether institutions of higher education promote “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity."

At the time, critics questioned what those surveys will ask, how intellectual diversity will be measured, and what will happen with the results.

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In August, the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) joined a federal lawsuit against state education officials, arguing that aspects of the law threaten the right to free speech. The federal lawsuit was filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida by faculty members and students of Florida's college and university systems.

“Any law that relies on the good will of legislators and politicians over the protections of the Constitution is not a good law," said Andrew Gothard, the UFF president. “And that is why we are challenging HB 233 (now the law) in court and that is why we do not believe that these viewpoint diversity surveys have any place in higher education in this state."

More at:
https://www.rawstory.com/intellectual-freedom-survey/

[Jerry2144]

1. It is very obvious

That any data collected by that survey would be used to harm educators. If I were subject to that law and forced to take the survey, I would lie like a Republican on it and say I am conservative and do my part to skew the results. What if most educators in Florida did that? Would this survey even collect useful data given the political nature of it?