Federal Appeals Court Affirms Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” Is Unconstitutional

by Jay Waagmeester | Jul 8, 2026 | academic freedom, bans on critical race theory, censorship, critical race theory, education, First Amendment, Florida, free speech, Higher Education, News, Racial Justice, Ron DeSantis, Stop WOKE Act

Instead of the state determining what will be taught in university classrooms, students must be free to hear and consider even officially disfavored ideas presented to them by professors, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. More than two years after oral arguments in a case challenging the 2022 law dubbed the Stop WOKE Act, two out of three judges on a U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th…
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