'The Stop WOKE Act is a speech code that takes a page from the authoritarian playbook,' says protectdemocracy as the controversial Florida law is partially blocked by a federal judge and hit with a lawsuit filed by civil liberties groups.
, also called the Individual Freedom Act, saying it violates First Amendment free speech protections and the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
"Florida's legislators may well find plaintiffs' speech repugnant. But under our constitutional scheme, the remedy for repugnant speech is more speech, not enforced silence," wrote Walker. Also on Thursday, the ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Legal Defense Fund, and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed aon behalf of a group of Florida professors, alleging the Stop WOKE Act violates the First and 14th amendments.
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