Their tea-cup runneth over
Rick Scott’s zeal for drug testing runs into stiff opposition
RICK SCOTT campaigned on getting Florida back to work, and though the unemployment rate remains in double digits, the state's new governor has at least kept the Florida branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) busy. The branch sued him twice in the first three days of June, and may file a third suit in early July. Two of the suits—one filed and the prospective one—concern the constitutionality of blanket drug-testing. On June 1st the ACLU sued to stop the implementation of an executive order signed by Mr Scott that requires all applicants for state jobs to be tested for drugs, and existing state employees to be randomly tested. The prospective suit concerns the law, signed by Mr Scott on May 31st, that requires all adult applicants for cash benefits from Florida's welfare system to be tested.
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