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Politics
Tatyana Tandanpolie

Trump judge torches "Stop Woke" law

A federal appeals court on Monday blocked Florida from enforcing a Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed law that limits how private companies approach workplace diversity and inclusion, The Washington Post reports.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a federal judge's August 2022 ruling, determining that the "Stop Woke Act" "exceeds the bounds" of the Constitution's First Amendment right to free speech and expression in its effort to stipulate workplace trainings on race, sex and national origin. 

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