A federal judge in Florida on Friday permanently blocked a key part of Governor Ron DeSantis’s anti-woke legislation that would have banned diversity- and race-related training in private workplaces.

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    3 months ago

    I like the intent behind that, but it would also be scary to give the courts even more power at this time in history.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah but the dynamic would probably change quite a bit if they were gatekeepers up front and new laws had to avoid a presidential veto plus a court veto. And it would let the courts act on their own rather then simply deciding cases that end up on their docket.

        Like I said, the idea sounds like a nice thing. In just think we’ve seen enough to know that the execution would be a nightmare.

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          3 months ago

          It would probably take a constitutional amendment to make questionably unconstitutional law something to be reviewed before it being implemented. Also include a timeline which it must be complete.

          I know none of this will happen but I can dream