Florida Drug Testing Plan That Inspired Wisconsin GOP Plan Fails Another Court Test
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Florida Drug Testing Plan That Inspired Wisconsin GOP Plan Fails Another Court Test
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Posted on December 8, 2014 by dennis
By Mary Ellen Klas
Tallahassee Herald Times (12/3/14)
A federal appeals court on Wednesday dealt another blow to Gov. Rick Scott’s crusade to conduct drug tests on welfare applicants when it upheld a lower court ruling that the practice was unconstitutional.
The unanimous ruling from a bipartisan panel of judges concluded that the state failed to show any evidence as to why it was necessary to force applicants seeking Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to surrender their constitutional rights as a condition of receiving the aid.
“We have no reason to think impoverished individuals are necessarily and inherently prone to drug use, or, for that matter, are more prone to drug use than the general population,” the court said in its 54-page ruling.
Proponents hailed the decision, which came just two weeks after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case, and predicted it would have broader impact in protecting the rights of people receiving a wider range of government benefits — from Bright Futures scholarships to driver’s licenses.
End of the road...
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With the usual activist courts attack point, it is also read meat for the base, who will direct their disdain towards inner Milwaukee minorities they feel are at the cause of the state's problems and budget.
