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Walker put this into the WI budget which is being debated right now.
Rick Scott Gives Up Trying To Drug Test Florida Welfare Applicants
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/florida-welfare-drug-testing_n_6807268.html?ir=Politics
AP
Posted: 03/05/2015 8:04 am EST Updated: 03/05/2015 8:59 am EST
MIAMI (AP) Florida Gov. Rick Scott will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of a law that would have required applicants for welfare benefits to submit to mandatory drug testing
The law, a top priority of the Republican governor's first term, was ruled unconstitutional by two federal courts. Scott's administration did not ask the Supreme Court to consider the case by a Tuesday deadline.
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon said that means lower court rulings invalidating the 2011 law will stand.
"After nearly four years of litigation, this ugly attack on poor Floridians has finally come to an end," Simon said Wednesday. "This law was always about scoring political points on the backs of Florida's poor and treating them like suspected criminals without suspicion or evidence."
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven in Orlando originally declared the law requiring urine tests for the applicants to be an unconstitutional search and seizure, a ruling upheld by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December. Scriven and the appeals judges found no evidence of a pervasive drug problem among Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program applicants.---------------
turbinetree
(24,745 posts)This right wing hypocrite should have answered all the questions on his application to run and hold office.
For example/ please circle your answers in black or blue ink:
Have you ever plead guilty or admitted guilt to bilking of FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF MEDICAIRE/ MEDICAID MONEY from the entire collective human beings of the United States for medical the same corporation or business that you were a part of or were a CEO Y or N.
Have you ever submitted to a drug test because you are a right wing hypocrite and have no scruples. Y or N
Have you done anything to help your self out and blame others for your misdeeds Y or N
Are Floridians being denied access to voting and have your cronies in the legislature denied voting for Floridians Y or N
Have you created any jobs Y or N
Have you removed Homeless human beings from public squares Y or N
Do you support that all money from corporations should be worn a jacket with a name of all the corruption being given, just like a race car driver Y or N
Should you resign Y or N
Should be you be IMPEACHED Y or N
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)but why he was reelected is very concerning and disappointing.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Walker or Scott? It's getting hard to keep track of all the cretins.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Not only would he earn props for trying to punish "those people" but he and all his red meat base would be able to play another victim card.
This guy is so corrupt the stench reaches from Madison all the way to Superior.
riversedge
(70,413 posts)I would love to see it go to court-but to be honest I am tired of bashing of the poor at this point.
Deertoil
(31 posts)And they are too stupid to notice. No national election wins for them ever is looking more and more likely.