A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit declined to lift a lower court order that prevented Florida's universities from enforcing the so-called Stop WOKE Act, which aims to restrict how public education instructors can discuss certain concepts relating to race, according to a brief order that did not address the merits of the case."Appellants' motions to stay injunction pending appeal are denied.
"Professors must be able to discuss subjects like race and gender without hesitation or fear of state reprisal. Any law that limits the free exchange of ideas in university classrooms should lose in both the court of law and the court of public opinion," a spokesperson from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression told the Washington Examiner. FIRE was one of two groups that sued and prevailed in blocking the measure last November.
A press secretary for DeSantis told the Washington Examiner the governor's office remains steadfast in its belief that the law will withstand legal scrutiny, saying,"The Court did not rule on the merits of our appeal."Last year, a professor at the University of South Florida and a student representing a campus free speech group sued state education officials over the law, citing free speech and academic concerns, and received injunctive relief from Chief U.S.
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