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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 87%. (I'm a bot)


Three Florida high school students are poised to sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the state Education Department rejected a new Advanced Placement course covering African American studies.
Ben Crump, a high-profile civil rights attorney, said he will file the lawsuit on behalf of the three students if DeSantis does not allow the course to be taught in the state.
Following the news of the new African American studies AP course, the state's Education Department swiftly rejected the class.


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I say go for it. A chance to fight back against this guy and a real-world civics lesson rolled into one. >

Imagine if every parent sued him but then represented themselves and used hours and hours of attorney time in frivilous arguments. He’d go broke. >

They can't sue him personally, his actions were as the governor. That means tax payers have to pay for his defense. >

It seems like the Florida tax payers deserve to pay for it TBH. They elected him. >

To be fair, plenty of us didn't want it. >

Yall gotta organize. >

He looks like he has jaundice. >

For real tho, he looks like a damn Simpsons character. >

I’ve always heard he looks (and acts) like a grown-up Muntz. >

Ha-ha! >

As well they should. >

They have no standing. And even less money >

ACLU would likely take this case. And they absolutely have standing. 
Scotus has ruled that education is a right. 
Seems like this mighty actually violate brown v board of Ed. >

100%. Every student has a right (especially in secondary where students are more able to choose classes) to take classes that suit their interests. Eliminating possibilities violates that right for free and appropriate education. It is also ridiculously discriminatory. Everything happening down that makes me sick to my stomach as a educator that strives to help appropriately program for kids in my district. >

I think their best argument is that it is an elective AP course. No one is forced to take it and DeSantis is taking away their ability to get college credit. But I'm no lawyer, hopefully one will chime in. >

"free and appropriate" is a wide basket. you're right, it isn't required BUT it is a hindrance for those that can operate at that level in high school. I would argue it would not be appropriate for students with higher academic skills to not be able to use those skills to get credit. There's a lot associated with it but ultimately it won't matter because DeSantis doesn't give a shit. >

Plenty of teenagers turn 18 before graduating. So Desantis is trying to tell legal adults that they can't take an elective that is technically a college class. I say this lawsuit has merit if they follow through. >


Plenty of teenagers turn 18 before graduating

Especially in red states >

Desantis wants to keep Florida stupid >

It's literal virtue signalling. Something the GOP used to complain about. The entire reason for this puppet show is so DeSantis's team can say this in a press release:
"AP courses are standardized nationwide, and as a result of Florida's strong stance against identity politics and indoctrination..."
It's just more culture war nonsense to rile up the base. >

With an added bonus of hurting minorities if they succeed. >

Given his Italian background, one might have thought DeSantis would be more sympathetic to the plight of minority groups. >

Mussolini would like a word. >

DeSantis is a masks off racist. At least he made it easy for us to see who and what he is. >

That didn’t stop millions of people voting for a raging bigot in 2016, so. >

Fair point, he is after all coping what he thinks will be a successful political strategy. I can't predict the 2024 outcome but if I'm optimistic I tend to think/hope trumpisim has Pied Piper a lot of supports to a Hermin Cain award, followed by completely alienating the youth vote just maybe trumpisim and the fools trying to emulate it will become a footnote in history.