Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill That Would Allow Colleges to Punish Students With Ties to Terror Groups
“Opposition groups, including the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have criticized the legislation”
Something like this is desperately needed in New York, but that will never happen.
Campus Reform reports:
Florida law allows colleges to punish students tied to terrorist groups
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on April 6 allowing state officials to designate certain organizations as terrorist groups, a move that could impact student activity on college campuses.
The legislation, House Bill 1471, establishes a process for identifying both domestic and foreign terrorist organizations and takes effect on July 1. The measure also directs public colleges to discipline students affiliated with such groups and penalizes institutions that support them.
Under the law, Florida courts cannot enforce foreign or religious legal codes, and universities that back designated organizations risk losing public funding. State officials say the measure aligns with federal counterterrorism practices and aims to protect taxpayer resources.
Supporters argue the bill strengthens public safety and ensures state funds do not benefit extremist causes. DeSantis said the state will continue investing in “public safety” and education funding, while rejecting support for extremist activity.
Opposition groups, including the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have criticized the legislation. In a public statement, the organization argued the bill could infringe on constitutional protections and due process rights.
“The government should never have the power to politically target people or organizations for their First Amendment-protected beliefs, advocacy, or community work,” the group wrote. “This is a recipe for injustice.”
The debate highlights ongoing tensions between security measures and civil liberties, particularly on college campuses where student organizations operate under university oversight.
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“ties” to terror group
yeah but get ready for the cries of racism and xenophobia and lawsuits and
hey jewish students who support israel are the reallll terrorists
so why is a new law needed?
if a student acts professionally all the while loving the dems
they still havent committed a crime and have freedom of choice to associate
the fact that lefty got away with destroying maga students only proves that the government wasnt doing its job correctly in not allowing the maga students to be punished for being pro america…
more laws = more trouble
I see legal troubles for this. It requires the state to designate terrorist organizations, putting them at odds (out of sync) with the feds (i.e., an expanded set) — especially if the organizations are domestic, which the feds have no authority to do (the feds can “declare” it, but it means nothing legally).
This seems unconstitutional, just like Spanberger’s legislation to remove the tax-exempt status from organizations with unpopular opinions.
The problem isn’t that the list isn’t the same as the federal government’s. The problem is that even the federal government can’t punish anyone for giving moral support, even to a properly designated foreign terrorist group, let alone to a domestic group. It can only punish giving material support to a designated foreign group.
Florida has no need for parallel legislation, since if it finds someone doing that all it need do is drop a dime to DHS and the people responsible will be arrested.
The American Communist Legal Unit has a problem with this? How shocking! How about we ship the ACLU to their Pyongyang brothers in Communist China?
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