“Here, the act does not prevent the state’s educators from espousing whatever views they may hold, on race or anything else, on their own time, and it does not prevent students from seeking them out and listening to them,” the document said. But in the 60-page document filed last week, lawyers for DeSantis and Moody disputed that the restrictions violate speech rights in schools and workplaces. Plaintiffs in the case allege that the law and regulations violate First Amendment rights and are unconstitutionally vague. Walker is scheduled to hold a hearing June 21 on the preliminary-injunction issue, according to a court docket. District Judge Mark Walker should reject a request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed in April after DeSantis signed the controversial law (HB 7). In a court document filed last week, the lawyers argued Chief U.S. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody are fighting an attempt to block a state law and regulations that limit the way race-related issues can be taught in public schools and in workplace training.
