Federal Judges Running Amok: Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Nixed, New York’s Gun Restrictions Upheld
Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Nixed
By Associated Press. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Florida law requiring applicants for welfare benefits to undergo mandatory drug testing, ruling it was unconstitutional and shouldn’t be enforced.
U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven’s 30-page order made permanent an earlier, temporary ban on the law by the judge.
Gov. Rick Scott had backed the drug testing of prospective welfare recipients, arguing it helped protect taxpayers and families. He said in a statement Tuesday that his administration would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
“Any illegal drug use in a family is harmful and even abusive to a child,” Scott said…
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By Christopher Bedford. A federal judge in Buffalo, N.Y. upheld most of New York’s new gun laws Tuesday, rejecting a challenge that the tight restrictions violated the Second Amendment.
Judge William M. Skretny’s ruling upheld recent laws restricting high-capacity magazines and “assault weapons,” but struck down a seven-round limit for loaded guns, calling that restriction “arbitrary,” as well as “tenuous, strained and unsupported.”
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