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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 16, 2022, 01:44 PM Jun 2022

DeSantis' 'Stop Woke Act' faces court test as universities become targets. At issue: free speech

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” is facing its first federal court test after weeks of being celebrated by the political right for restricting race-based teaching and training in schools, universities and workplaces.

But not all conservatives are lined up behind the Republican governor.

A civil liberties organization, which has sided with Florida Republicans in the past on campus speech issues, is among those now condemning DeSantis’ approach.

“It’s intended to chill speech,” said Adam Steinbaugh, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). “The entire point of the new law is to set out certain categories or concepts that the state disdains and says you can’t introduce.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-stop-woke-act-faces-100107897.html

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DeSantis' 'Stop Woke Act' faces court test as universities become targets. At issue: free speech (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
Fox News is going to overturn the first amendment. Great. Initech Jun 2022 #1
Tin pot dictator GenThePerservering Jun 2022 #2
"Damn the facts! Full stupid ahead!" Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2022 #3
I know there are nitwits who eat this garbage up with a spoon gratuitous Jun 2022 #4

gratuitous

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4. I know there are nitwits who eat this garbage up with a spoon
Thu Jun 16, 2022, 02:28 PM
Jun 2022

Are they that much of a majority in Florida that none of them see what a colossal waste of time and money this is? I'm gratified to see that some people who ordinarily huff DeSantis' farts have spoken out, but why does this charlatan still have a political career?

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