{"id":17439,"date":"2014-01-01T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=17439"},"modified":"2014-01-01T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:41:25","slug":"drug-testing-for-welfare-recipients-in-florida-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=17439","title":{"rendered":"Drug testing for welfare recipients in Florida? No."},"content":{"rendered":"

From Frances Robles and the New York Times, some rational constitutional news:<\/a><\/p>\n

KEY WEST, Fla. \u2014 A federal judge on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional a Florida law that required welfare applicants to undergo mandatory drug testing, setting the stage for a legal battle that could affect similar efforts nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n

Judge Mary S. Scriven of the United States District Court in Orlando held that the testing requirement, the signature legislation of Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican who campaigned on the issue, violated the protection against unreasonable searches. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe court finds there is no set of circumstances under which the warrantless, suspicionless drug testing at issue in this case could be constitutionally applied,\u201d she wrote. The ruling made permanent an earlier, temporary ban by the judge. <\/em><\/p>\n

This is why federal judgeships are so important: good federal judges can stop state governments from bullying easy-to-pick-on poor people.<\/p>\n

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