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Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views

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Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views

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I think this is a bad law, but what specific legal theory could be used to challenge it in court? Please cite the specific section of the law that is in violation of the US Constitution or federal law?

Freedom of speech also covers compelled speech so I would think this would violate that.

No one is being compelled to answer the survey. Have you read the actual law?

Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views

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Passing obviously illegal laws to be struck down by courts is how the right has been driving their angry voter base for decades. This is just part of the show, and having the court strike it down is a necessary part of the strategy.

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Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views

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The state (thru taxes) is funding the universities, right? Speaking for myself, if I was funding a university I would do things to encourage intellectual diversity. I’m more sympathetic to the more general view that education is not the business of state governments, period.

Education should not be a business.

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