Do you think the Governor should use taxpayer dollars to fight a federal ruling in the constitutional rights of welfare recipients? if so why? Answer why only if you have read the statistics of drug use among the group! THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, December 8, 2014..........Taxpayers are on the hook for at least $307,000 --- and perhaps much more --- to cover legal expenses in Gov. Rick Scotts repeated failed efforts to convince courts that a onetime campaign pledge to drug-test welfare recipients is constitutional. A federal appeals court last week ruled that the states mandatory, suspicion-less drug testing of applicants in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program is an unconstitutional violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:56:26 +0000