Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Florida’s Stop WOKE Act

The judge found that the Florida law violated the free speech protections of the Constitution’s First Amendment.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigns on the eve of the Iowa caucuses in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Jan. 14, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A federal appeals court struck down a Florida law that banned businesses from requiring their employees to participate in workplace diversity training promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) in the state.

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on March 4 unanimously upheld the District Court’s ruling that previously blocked portions of the law relating to prohibiting Critical Race Theory training in workplaces.