Gov. Jeb Bush’s “One Florida” plan ending race preferences in college admissions and contracting has been vociferously attacked by Democrats and civil rights groups ever since it was announced. Now a federal district judge in Tallahassee has found it unconstituional … “because it still requires state agencies to consider race and gender in awarding contracts.”
The ruling is “a huge win” for the plaintiffs, the Florida Associated General Contractors, which had
always argued the portion of One Florida that pertained to state contracting did not go far enough in eliminating the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender, thereby violating the “equal protection” clause of the U.S. Constitution.
(Link via Howard Bashman)
