Florida’s Stop WOKE law on hold for universities after federal appeals court ruling
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida law that restricts the way race-related issues can be taught in schools will stay on hold for universities for now.
A federal appeals court decided not to grant a stay of injunction for the Stop WOKE Act on Thursday.
The act, a priority for Gov. Ron DeSantis, was put on hold in November after a federal judge found the law violated the First Amendment in a visceral ruling that called the law “positively dystopian.”
The state asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to issue a stay, which would have allowed the law to take effect while the legal battle played out.
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But the three-judge panel denied the state’s request,...
