Federal court deals blow to Florida's 'Stop WOKE' education law on race, gender

Florida appeals court strikes down DeSantis’s anti-woke law

A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a blow to Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, ruling that the state cannot restrict what professors at public colleges and universities teach about race and gender. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the []

Federal appeals court blocks parts of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing enforcement of portions of the Individual Freedom Act, also known as the Stop WOKE Act, affecting higher education. The law, which took effect in 2022, would have prohibited professors at Florida’s public universities and colleges from endorsing certain ideologies about race and []...Click to read more

What’s Really Replacing Religion In America’s Schools?

A federal appeals court struck down a key part of Florida’s law restricting race and gender discussions in public colleges and universities on Tuesday. The same people celebrating the ruling are also decrying a recent decision by the Texas State Board of Education that allowed biblical passages to appear on a secondary school reading list. ...

Court rules Florida restrictions on race, gender education at colleges violate free speech rights

An appeals court on Tuesday ruled that part of Florida’s law restricting how race and gender are taught in classrooms, specifically the provisions restricting how those topics are taught in colleges, violates free speech rights. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit determined part of the Stop Wrongs Against...

‘Emphatically No’: Court Trashes Florida’s Rule Tolling University Professors What To Say

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit blocked the higher education portion of Florida’s 2022 Individual Freedom Act, widely known as the “Stop WOKE Act,” ruling in a 2-1 decision that the law violates the First Amendment. The decision affirms a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law, which barred public college and [] ‘Emphatically No’: Court Trashes Florida’s Rule Tolling University Professors What To Say

Appeals Court Slams Door on Florida 'Stop Woke' Law

Florida's anti-woke law restricting how lessons on race and gender can be taught in colleges and universities -- policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis -- violates the free speech rights of professors, a panel of appeals court judges ruled Tuesday.

Florida Tried to Stop Woke. The First Amendment Stopped Florida.

A public university classroom is not a political campaign podium. A federal appeals court has just reminded Florida of that, and in doing so, reminded the country of something we should never have forgotten. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down the higher education provisions of Florida’s “Stop WOKE” []

Florida cannot restrict faculty speech with ‘Stop WOKE Act,’ court rules

‘First Amendment trusts students to figure it out for themselves,’ judge writes A federal appeals court struck down Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act,” which restricts the topics professors can discuss in public university classrooms, in a Tuesday ruling. Siding with a lower court decision that had blocked the law from taking effect, Judge Britt Grant of []

The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating

A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []

Federal Appeals Court Throws Out Florida’s ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’

Florida AG Uthmeier responds: According to the CA11 panel majority, public university professors have a First Amendment right to teach white supremacy and critical race theory, and the legislature cannot pass laws that say otherwise. The post Federal Appeals Court Throws Out Florida’s ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’ first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Chicago court keeps block on Fla. AG suit over kids transgender medicine – Legal Newsline

Despite warnings from their colleague that they are ripping a hole in the U.S. Constitution and the concept of federalism, two Democrat-appointed federal appeals court judges have refused to put a hold on a Chicago federal judge's order blocking Florida's Republican state attorney general from using Florida state courts to enforce a Florida law against the Chicago-based American Academy of Pediatrics for allegedly misleading the public about the safety of child gender transitions.

Appeals Court Rules Florida’s Stop WOKE Act Violates First Amendment

Appeals Court Rules Florida’s Stop WOKE Act Violates First Amendment Katherine Knott Wed, 07/08/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

Appeals court rules Florida Stop WOKE Act violates free speech

Appeals court rules Florida Stop WOKE Act violates free speech

Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams

Much of the case hinged on a 16-year-old West Virginia high school student participating in track and field competition. The post Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

US appeals court partially strikes down Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions

Ron DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA federal appeals panel struck down a significant chunk of Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s so-called Stop Woke Act on Tuesday, delivering another rebuff to the Republican’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. Continue reading...

Federal judge says Supreme Court decisions show ‘emerging pragmatic conservatism’

The federal judge focused on birthright citizenship and the Mississippi mail-in ballot law

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When the Supreme Court bases a decision on policy considerations, the downstream consequences can be significant. A compelling example is 1982’s Plyler v. Doe, when the court struck down a 1975 Texas law allowing public school districts to exclude children of foreign-born parents who were not “legally admitted” to the United States. The court’s concerns were obvious. Denying access to education would harm these children, who often had no choice in the decision to come to America, which could in Read More

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida’s “Stop WOKE” Law

In a stunning victory for the First Amendent’s guarantee of free speech, a federal appeals court overturned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s “Stop WOKE” act. A district court judge had previously issued a preliminary injunction on the law, calling it “positively dystopian.” The state contended that it paid the professors’ salaries and had the authority to []

Ninth Circuit Is Latest Court to Block California Gender-Secrecy Law

Relying on the Supreme Court’s recent Mirabelli ruling, the appeals court blocked key parts of AB 1955 and reaffirmed that fit parents cannot be shut out of decisions involving their child’s mental health. UPDATE: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a preliminary injunction against some sections of California’s SAFETY Act, which prohibited schools []

DeSantis's 'Stop WOKE' Law Struck Down — By A Judge Trump Appointed Himself

A federal appeals panel took a red pen to Ron DeSantis's Stop WOKE Act on Tuesday, handing the governor yet another lesson in constitutional law he apparently didn't attend. The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the law's higher-ed provisions — which tried to muzzle professors from so much as discussing race and gender in class — violate the First Amendment, because it turns out the government doesn't get to script what college professors say. Bold concept, we know. The judges didn't mince words either, accusing Florida of puppeteering educators — turning them into state-approved mouthpieces rather than, you know, teachers. Judge Britt Grant — a Trump appointee who wrote the majority opinion — rejected Florida's argument that professors' speech belongs to the state simply because taxpayers fund their salaries, calling the theory Emphatically no, The Guardian reports. read more

Supreme Court says states can ban men from competing in women’s sports

The high court said federal law allows schools to provide separate men’s and women’s sports teams. [...]

Judge Halts Narrow Professional Degree Definition in Federal Student Loan Fight

A federal judge has blocked key parts of the Education Department’s narrowed definition of “professional degree,” a ruling that could preserve access to higher federal student loan limits for some graduate students while litigation continues.

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It’s Shocking to Consider the Roberts Court Perspective on Race

There is one loud lesson to be found in this term’s rulings.

US: Florida bans undocumented immigrants from enrolling in 28 public colleges

The state of Florida bans undocumented immigrants from public colleges and adult education programmes, significantly restricting access to education opportunities

Brett Kavanaugh Took Direct Aim at One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Biggest Legacies

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State Supreme Court justices admit they WANT racism used in America * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Wisconsin Supreme Court Two justices on a state Supreme Court admit they have to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedent and rule against racism, but at they same time

'Feelings of horror:' High Court slams law tying judge appointments to ideology

The government said the law is meant to increase ideological diversity among judges. Supreme Court President Isaac Amit warned that if it remains in force, 'in 15 years we'll have politicized judges and, regrettably, our judicial DNA is liable to change'

Who Will Have To Answer To The Judge?

Because someone will. They need to explain something. They will need to explain it well, because it appears that something that was dictated by the judge in court has not been done. This could have consequences. And if it was done, there’s still a second question to answer. Gratitude for Raw Story: A federal judge

Religiously motivated Supreme Court ruling harms transgender students

Becky Pepper-Jackson has spent years running alongside her classmates while her legal challenge worked its way through the courts. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may bar her ... More » from Religiously motivated Supreme Court ruling harms transgender students The post Religiously motivated Supreme Court ruling harms transgender students appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Semantan Estate fails in bid to postpone Duta Enclave compensation assessment

High Court rules if stay of proceedings allowed, it will cause prejudice to defendant.

11 CA panel strikes down Stop WOKE Act

In a context in which the First Amendment was being applied consistently and reasonably, this would be the easiest of easy cases, but I’ll take even one Trump judge on board at this point: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 decision Tuesday upholding a lower court decision against Florida’s so-called Stop WOKE Act is a necessary rebuke [] The post 11 CA panel strikes down Stop WOKE Act appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

In ruling against Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, this Trump judge took DeSantis to school

The act outlawed teaching about ideas that are widely accepted across the social sciences and physical sciences, including the existence of structural racism. The post In ruling against Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, this Trump judge took DeSantis to school appeared first on MS NOW.