US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions
by Richard Luscombe in Miami from World news | The Guardian on (#76TX5)
Ron DeSantis's Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of puppeteering'
A federal appeals panel struck down a significant chunk of Ron DeSantis's so-called Stop Woke Act on Tuesday, delivering another rebuff to the Republican Florida governor's efforts to stifle free speech in higher education.
In a scathing order, judges of the 11th circuit court of appeal said by a 2-1 majority that the higher education component of the law - which prevented college and university professors teaching or sharing thoughts on concepts of race and gender - breached the free expression rights guaranteed under the US constitution's first amendment.
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