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Taxpayers’ Tab in Gov. Scott’s Losing Drug-Testing Lawsuits: $1.5 Million

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The $1.5 million in legal fees, including nearly $1 million to civil-rights lawyers, are because of Gov. Scott’s failed push to force welfare applicants and tens of thousands of state workers to submit to suspicionless drug tests.

Gov. Scott Ends Worker Drug-Testing Crusade, Restricting Tests to Limited Job Classes

April 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Monday’s agreement, which still requires court approval, identified more than 100 job classes that Scott can test for drug or alcohol use. Workers in most of the positions deal with vulnerable children or adults, handle heavy equipment or are already required to undergo medical tests for other reasons.

After Spending $300,000 in State Funds, Gov. Scott Quits Fight to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients

March 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The ACLU, which filed the challenge on behalf of single father and Navy veteran Luis Lebron, hailed the end of the drawn-out legal battle over the drug tests, an issue Scott campaigned on during his first bid for governor in 2010.

Taxpayers’ Bill for Rick Scott’s Losing Battle to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients: $307,000 and Rising

December 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon, who blamed the governor and the Legislature for the cost to taxpayers, blasted Scott for refusing to back down as the governor mulls appealing the latest decision calling his ploy unconstitutional.

Fifth Court Decision in a Row Calls Rick Scott’s Drug-Testing Scheme Illegal

December 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Florida law pushed by Gov. Rick Scott requiring welfare applicants to submit to drug tests before they can receive benefits.

Gov. Scott Gives Up Drug-Testing Half of State’s Workers, But Still Aims Pee Cup at Rest

July 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The governor has not conceded that forcing state employees to undergo urinalysis is unconstitutional despite lower court rulings that spurred the concessions. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year refused to take up the case, but it is believed Scott will again ask the high court to rule on the case if he ultimately loses in lower court proceedings.

He Won’t Give Up: Scott Taking Drug Testing of State Employees to U.S. Supreme Court

January 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Lawyers for Scott filed a petition this week asking the Supreme Court to hear the case, after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ruled against across-the-board drug testing, but various groups blasted the Scott administration for continuing to pursue the drug tests. They pointed to repeated past rulings against such drug testing.

Gov. Scott Now 0-For-4 on Drug-Testing as Federal Judge Harshly Criticizes Violation of Welfare Recipients’ Rights

January 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

In a harshly worded, 30-page opinion, the judge concluded that “there is no set of circumstances under which the warrantless, suspicionless drug testing at issue in this case could be constitutionally applied.”

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Scott’s Drug-Testing of State Workers as Too Broad

May 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declared an executive order by Riock Scott to drug-test 85,000 state employees and all job applicants as mostly unconstitutional, but left room for a lower court decision to be rewritten to allow for certain employees in certain categories to be drug tested–essentially restoring Florida’s drug-testing standard to what it was before the governor’s executive order.

Gov. Scott Loses Welfare Drug-Testing Case Again, But Vows to Fight On to Supreme Court

February 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the state had not shown a “special need” for drug testing applicants to the program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It upheld a preliminary injunction issued in 2011 by U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven.

DCF Defends Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients

September 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The head of the state welfare agency is asking a court to throw out a challenge to the state law requiring drug testing of public assistance recipients, which could allow the program to restart.

Federal Judge Rules Gov. Rick Scott’s Random Drug-Testing of State Workers Unconstitutional

April 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Federal District Judge Ursula Ungaro found that Scott’s order requiring drug tests violates the Fourth Amendment, as there is no “compelling need for testing.” Scott said he’d appeal the ruling.

Excluding Themselves, Florida Lawmakers Pass Drug-Testing Program for State Workers

March 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The House voted largely along party lines to allow state agencies to set up drug testing programs for their workers over the objection of Democrats who said it wasn’t just unconstitutional, but a bully tactic.

Florida GOP’s Agenda, Once Emboldened, Facing Broad-Based Backlash in Courts

December 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Republicans’ sweeping changes to elections law, welfare drug-testing and state workers’ pension contributions have bogged down in court challenges and judges’ injunctions as Gov. Rick Scott chafes at the push-back.

Federal Judge Calls Florida’s Drug-Testing Of Welfare Recipients Unconstitutional

October 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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Judge Mary Scriven called Florida’s requirement that welfare recipients be drug-tested a violation of 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable searches, and dismissed claims that the law would save money.

Federal Suit Filed Against Florida Law Requiring Drug Tests of Welfare Recipients

September 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The new law requires recipients of temporary cash assistance to pay $35 to $45 for a drug test first. The ACLU charges the law stigmatizes low-income people and amounts to a suspicionless search.

Scott Retreats: No Drug-Testing of State Workers, At least For Now

June 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The ACLU of Florida called it a “a massive and embarrassing retreat,” but Scott says it’s merely a temporary delay, pending a constitutional challenge to his executive order.

ACLU Sues Rick Scott As Drug Testing of Public Employees and Welfare Recipients Begins

June 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Detail from a 2008 installation by artist Nada Sehnaoui in Beirut. toilets and toilet seats. Drug testing. (Blogging Beirut)

The US Supreme Court makes drug-testing exceptions for public safety and similar jobs. Broader intrusions have been struck down. This suit is the first in what’s expected to be a series of suits triggered by Rick Scott initiatives.

Rick Scott Orders State Employees Randomly Drug-Tested Often, Like Welfare Recipients

March 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order requiring drug testing, and compared the testing of employees to the drug-testing of welfare recipients, a proposals lawmakers also approved unanimously in a Senate committee Tuesday.

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