An Example of My Screwed Up Florida Federal Judicial System

By Elizabeth Nelson

Don't get me wrong, I love our Governor, @FLGovScott, he inherited a mess from Christ but, in spite of it, managed to turn Jacksonville, Florida around.  However, I don’t have the same affinity for our screwed up Federal Judicial system, especially after their decision about the “Unconstitutional Welfare Drug testing” ruling on the last day of 2013.

Why don’t we just give everyone a liberal Ziploc baggie of weed with their welfare checks and make everyone getting a check happy?

 A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Florida law requiring applicants for welfare benefits to undergo mandatory drug testing, ruling it was unconstitutional and shouldn't be enforced.

U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven's 30-page order made permanent an earlier, temporary ban on the law by the judge.

@FLGovScott had backed the drug testing of prospective welfare recipients, arguing it helped protect taxpayers and families. He said in a statement Tuesday that his administration would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

"Any illegal drug use in a family is harmful and even abusive to a child," Scott said. "We should have a zero tolerance policy for illegal drug use in families, especially those families who struggle to make ends meet and need welfare assistance to provide for their children."

It’s pathetic to think that I have to get a drug test, in order to get a job – and it’s not deemed “unconstitutional,” yet, if I were on welfare, I could do drugs, without fear of a drug test; because this stat, and many like it, have a different view of what is Constitutional and what is not, when it comes to my employer’s money and versus when it’s tax payer money.