“Drug-Test Policies End In Failure”: An Offensive Republican Argument,...
Remember Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) idea of mandating drug tests for welfare applicants? As we’ve discussed before, the Republican governor had a theory: the state could save money by forcing drug...
View Article“Invasive And Humiliating”: Court Deals Blow To Drug Testing Of Florida...
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower federal court ruling that Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s crusade to conduct drug tests on welfare recipients as a condition of their benefits was...
View Article“Court Ends Florida Governor Scott’s Plan On Drug Tests”: Impaired Public...
Gov. Rick Scott’s callous and condescending plan to drug-test welfare recipients has been demolished by a federal appeals court. In a 54-page rebuke, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vigorously...
View Article“The Ugly Assumptions Driving The Policy”: GOP Governors Recommit To Welfare...
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that when it comes to welfare recipients, “few” applicants have been caught up in the “drug-screening net.” How few? The piece noted that in Arizona, for example,...
View Article“Walker Pushing Drug War Testing Scheme”: And He Doesn’t Care That The Courts...
According to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, what American employers are really looking for these days is “someone who can pass a drug test.” Walker made that remark in a question-and-answer session...
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