"This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination," Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.

“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.

A federal appeals court blocked a controversial Florida law restricting Chinese citizens from buying land from being enforced against two people who sued the state, with one judge saying the law “blatantly violates” protections against discrimination.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Thursday said the Chinese immigrant plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, have shown a “substantial likelihood of success” in proving their case against the 2023 state law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

One of the appeals court judges, Nancy Abudu, a former civil rights lawyer appointed by President Joe Biden, said the anti-Chinese statements of Florida officials about the legislation “establish that the law is a blanket ban against Chinese non-citizens from purchasing land within the state.”

“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Abudu wrote.

  • Misconduct@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t support what they tried to do in Florida and nothing I said indicates otherwise. I don’t waste time on people like you anymore. I thought we left this childish bullshit behind on reddit but I guess not. Go waste someone else’s time with your intillectually dishonest ranting.

    Absoutely nobody is talking about the braindead theoretical situation that you’re pushing. People that don’t live here/aren’t citizens shouldn’t be able to own homes and keep them empty for years. Period. Draw whatever inane conclusions you need to in order to digest that because I’m done with you.