Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ commits a ‘First Amendment sin,’ appeals court says in ruling that blocks part of the bill | CNN Politics
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A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that part of Florida’s anti-“woke” law infringes on the free speech rights of employers.

“The ideas targeted in Florida’s Individual Freedom Act are embraced in some communities, and despised in others,” the ruling said. “By limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content. And by barring only speech that endorses any of those ideas, it penalizes certain viewpoints – the greatest First Amendment sin.”

  • Billiam@lemmy.world
    12·
    4 months ago

    (Woke is) the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.

    -Lawyer Ryan Newman, representing Florida man Governor Ron Dipshit.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        4·
        4 months ago

        Turns out, you can lie all you want in the court of public opinion, but you can’t lie at all in the court of law.