{"id":13275,"date":"2024-04-01T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13275"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:03:07","slug":"appeals-court-slams-floridas-stop-woke-law-for-committing-greatest-first-amendment-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=13275","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court slams Florida\u2019s \u2018Stop-Woke\u2019 law for committing \u2018greatest First Amendment sin\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“\u201cBy limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content,\u201d Judge Britt C. Grant, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the opinion<\/a>. \u201cAnd by barring only speech that endorses any of those ideas, it penalizes certain viewpoints \u2014 the greatest First Amendment sin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida\u2019s Republican-led Legislature passed the \u201canti-woke\u201d legislation, FL HB 7 (22R), or the Individual Freedom Act, in 2022 with the backing of DeSantis. It expanded Florida\u2019s anti-discrimination laws to prohibit schools and companies from leveling guilt or blame to students and employees based on race or sex, taking aim at lessons over issues like \u201cwhite privilege\u201d by creating new protections for students and workers, including that a person should not be instructed to \u201cfeel guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress\u201d due to their race, color, sex or national origin.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The DeSantis administration, though, pushed back on the appeals ruling, claiming that the court \u201chas held that companies have a right to indoctrinate their employees with racist and discriminatory ideologies.\u201d The state is \u201creviewing all options on appeal going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe disagree with the Court\u2019s opinion that employers can require employees to be taught \u2014 as a condition of employment \u2014 that one race is morally superior to another race,\u201d Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for DeSantis, said in a statement. \u201cThe First Amendment protects no such thing, and the State of Florida should have every right to protect Floridians from racially hostile workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attorneys for the state and DeSantis have argued in court that the \u201canti-woke\u201d law restricts no speech and only regulates that employers can\u2019t force employees to listen to \u201ccertain speech against their will\u201d at the risk of losing their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appeals court disagreed, going into detail in the 22-page ruling about potential faults in the law. The panel of judges suggested that, under the proposed policies, \u201ca government could ban riding on a parade float if it did not agree with the message on the banner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot agree, and we reject this latest attempt to control speech by recharacterizing it as conduct,\u201d wrote Grant, who was joined by Judges Charles Wilson and Andrew Brasher. \u201cFlorida may be exactly right about the nature of the ideas it targets. Or it may not. Either way, the merits of these views will be decided in the clanging marketplace of ideas rather than a codebook or a courtroom.\u201d”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/Appeals court slams Florida\u2019s \u2018Stop-Woke\u2019 law for committing \u2018greatest First Amendment sin\u201904\/desantis-woke-law-court-00144801<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“\u201cBy limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content,\u201d Judge Britt C. Grant, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the opinion. \u201cAnd by barring only speech that endorses any of those ideas, it penalizes certain viewpoints \u2014 the greatest First Amendment sin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s Republican-led Legislature passed the \u201canti-woke\u201d legislation, FL HB 7 (22R), or the Individual Freedom Act, in 2022 with the backing of DeSantis. It expanded Florida\u2019s anti-discrimination laws to prohibit schools and companies from leveling guilt or blame to students and employees based on race or sex, taking aim at lessons over issues like \u201cwhite privilege\u201d by creating new protections for students and workers, including that a person should not be instructed to \u201cfeel guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress\u201d due to their race, color, sex or national origin.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The DeSantis administration, though, pushed back on the appeals ruling, claiming that the court \u201chas held that companies have a right to indoctrinate their employees with racist and discriminatory ideologies.\u201d The state is \u201creviewing all options on appeal going forward.\u201d
\n\u201cWe disagree with the Court\u2019s opinion that employers can require employees to be taught \u2014 as a condition of employment \u2014 that one race is morally superior to another race,\u201d Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for DeSantis, said in a statement. \u201cThe First Amendment protects no such thing, and the State of Florida should have every right to protect Floridians from racially hostile workplaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorneys for the state and DeSantis have argued in court that the \u201canti-woke\u201d law restricts no speech and only regulates that employers can\u2019t force employees to listen to \u201ccertain speech against their will\u201d at the risk of losing their jobs.<\/p>\n

The appeals court disagreed, going into detail in the 22-page ruling about potential faults in the law. The panel of judges suggested that, under the proposed policies, \u201ca government could ban riding on a parade float if it did not agree with the message on the banner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot agree, and we reject this latest attempt to control speech by recharacterizing it as conduct,\u201d wrote Grant, who was joined by Judges Charles Wilson and Andrew Brasher. \u201cFlorida may be exactly right about the nature of the ideas it targets. Or it may not. Either way, the merits of these views will be decided in the clanging marketplace of ideas rather than a codebook or a courtroom.\u201d”<\/p>\n

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