Federal Court Temporarily Blocks FL’s “Stop Woke Act,” Compares It To The “Upside Down” in “Stranger Things”

The Hill reports:

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Florida law restricting how workplaces and schools can discuss race during required training or instruction championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida Chief Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction blocking the law, known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” saying it violates free speech protections under the First Amendment and that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause for being impermissibly vague.

“Recently, Florida has seemed like a First Amendment upside down,” Walker wrote in the ruling, comparing the law to the fictional “upside down” in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”

Read the full article.

The ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit Protect Democracy. Earlier today the ACLU also sued to block in the law in a separation action.

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