Federal appeals court narrowly blocks controversial Florida law barring Chinese land ownership
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"This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination," Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.

A federal appeals court blocked a racist Florida law that restricts Chinese citizens from buying land from being enforced against the two people who sued the state. The court did not, however, block the law entirely; it’s still in effect for everyone else. One of the judges, Nancy Abudu, agreed that this was a blatant violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the ACLU of Florida intends to continue fighting to prevent this law from being enforced more broadly.

This fight isn’t over, but this decision certainly acknowledges the discriminatory nature of this law and is a big win.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)

  • albigu
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    5 months ago

    Because this whole thing pissed me off a lot when it was approved, have the webpage of the bill for this law. Note how it passed unanimously in the senate.

    Note that it also restricts property ownership for people from Russia, Syria, Venezuela, DPR Korea and Cuba.

    Note also how vague the wording is on the definition of a “foreign principal”.

    It also requires those “foreign principals” that already own property to register themselves with the state government.