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ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« on: September 07, 2011, 03:22:19 PM »
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ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
   
ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/07/alcu-sues-florida... /

By David Edwards
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 -- 1:57 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) to court, forcing him to defend his highly controversial law requiring all welfare recipients to be screened for drugs.

The ACLU Tuesday sued the state of Florida on behalf of 35-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Luis Lebron, a single parent who lost his job in 2008 after his employer downsized.

Lebron says he does not take illegal drugs but contacted the ACLU because "it really hit hard when I had to go down there and go through this."

ALCU?!?!?   :rotf:
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2011, 03:26:19 PM »
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2011, 03:28:53 PM »
ALCU: aluminum copper? like the alloy?
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2011, 03:32:23 PM »
Quote from: Rugnuts on September 07, 2011, 03:28:53 PM
ALCU: aluminum copper? like the alloy?

I nadined it.

"Association of Local Colleges and Universities" is the closest I could find.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2011, 03:32:39 PM »
Not a lot of activty in that thread, but this is a doozy:

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6. This is why

the ACLU is worth donating too.

Peace,
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DUmmies and their poor grammar & spelling.  For the self-proclaimed "smartest people on the internet", they're pretty brain dead.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2011, 03:35:07 PM »
Drug test ACLU lawyers before they're allowed to try a case in court.... :-)

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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2011, 03:37:51 PM »
To be honest, I thought the 0bama regime's DOJ would beat the ACLU to the punch on this one.

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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2011, 04:22:01 PM »
Don't most state workers have to go through drug screening?  If the case workers have to go through it, why should their clients?  I don't see where the claim for it to be unconstitutional comes from.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2011, 04:26:11 PM »
Whatever happened to if you want the king's money you do the king's bidding?

Oops...DUmmies have confused welfare recipients with kings.  I guess that's undestandable in the case of the true leeches that sit around and do nothing while every one elase works their ass off and gets paid for it.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2011, 04:32:30 PM »
I want this to be the norm across the country so badly!  No way should public assistance be given to active users.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2011, 04:35:02 PM »
Quote from: longview on September 07, 2011, 04:32:30 PM
No way should public assistance be given.
I "Line-Item Vetoed" your post to my liking.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2011, 04:37:03 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 07, 2011, 04:22:01 PM
Don't most state workers have to go through drug screening?  If the case workers have to go through it, why should their clients?  I don't see where the claim for it to be unconstitutional comes from.

State workers here in FL did not have to go through drug testing, but when they started testing moochers, I mean welfare recipients, they also started testing state workers.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2011, 04:42:09 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on September 07, 2011, 04:37:03 PM
State workers here in FL did not have to go through drug testing, but when they started testing moochers, I mean welfare recipients, they also started testing state workers.

Most of those state workers are also union members I assume.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2011, 04:45:06 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 07, 2011, 04:42:09 PM
Most of those state workers are also union members I assume.

I would guess some are, I know a few of them (one is my wife) and none of them are union members.

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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2011, 05:03:51 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on September 07, 2011, 04:45:06 PM
I would guess some are, I know a few of them (one is my wife) and none of them are union members.



Florida is vastly different than Illinois I guess.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2011, 05:39:05 PM »
I can tell you that on the federal level, all prospective employees are put through the wringer. I was tested for better that twenty drugs, both illegal as well as commonly abused prescriptions. They also performed a complete background check, right down to unpaid parking tickets. Also, my fingerprints as well as other biometrics are now in every major database in the country, even though I have no criminal record.

Anyway - If you want some of the republic's money, then the republic has the right to know exactly what they are paying for. If you disagree with the terms, then don't apply for a federal job. The same should be true for those on a public assistance program. The taxpayers have an interest in knowing that their money isn't being invested into illegal activities. If you have a problem with this, then don't apply for welfare.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2011, 06:29:43 PM »
Quote from: miskie on September 07, 2011, 05:39:05 PM
I can tell you that on the federal level, all prospective employees are put through the wringer. I was tested for better that twenty drugs, both illegal as well as commonly abused prescriptions. They also performed a complete background check, right down to unpaid parking tickets. Also, my fingerprints as well as other biometrics are now in every major database in the country, even though I have no criminal record.

Anyway - If you want some of the republic's money, then the republic has the right to know exactly what they are paying for. If you disagree with the terms, then don't apply for a federal job. The same should be true for those on a public assistance program. The taxpayers have an interest in knowing that their money isn't being invested into illegal activities. If you have a problem with this, then don't apply for welfare.

Damn skippy.  I work for the government in a sensitive area and have been randomly drug tested twice this year already.  No biggie.  After nearly three decades, I'm used to it.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2011, 10:43:50 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 07, 2011, 05:03:51 PM
Florida is vastly different than Illinois I guess.
there is almost ZERO union presense in FL. compared to most other states they could be considered ANTI union.
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« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2011, 05:26:59 PM »
Quote from: Rugnuts on September 08, 2011, 10:43:50 AM
there is almost ZERO union presense in FL. compared to most other states they could be considered ANTI union.

We are a right to work state, so unions can not make us join.
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Re: ALCU sues Florida for drug testing welfare recipients
« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2011, 06:59:38 PM »
Was this a shout out to our old home?
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