"This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination," Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.

“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Judge Nancy Abudu wrote.

A federal appeals court blocked a controversial Florida law restricting Chinese citizens from buying land from being enforced against two people who sued the state, with one judge saying the law “blatantly violates” protections against discrimination.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Thursday said the Chinese immigrant plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, have shown a “substantial likelihood of success” in proving their case against the 2023 state law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

One of the appeals court judges, Nancy Abudu, a former civil rights lawyer appointed by President Joe Biden, said the anti-Chinese statements of Florida officials about the legislation “establish that the law is a blanket ban against Chinese non-citizens from purchasing land within the state.”

“This prohibition blatantly violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against discrimination,” Abudu wrote.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
    24·
    9 months ago

    Build more homes. Don’t complain about someone conning a rigged system, complain about the system that is rigged.

    Also you are being hyperbolic. You are citing the worst example as if it were typical. Chances are you know P.R.s who don’t have citizenship yet. Are people who have been legally living here for who knows how many years not allowed to own property? And what about inheritance?

    • Misconduct@lemmy.world
      22·
      9 months ago

      I mean, if you’re the type to bend over and take it because the system is rigged just say that next time.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        12·
        9 months ago

        If you mean I don’t support your legalized anti-asian bigotry then yes.

        Hey so if land is bought by someone who is a P.R. and that person becomes a citizen does the land ownership become a non-ass rape instantly or does it propagate at under the speed of light or does it vary as a function of the density of the medium? What if a citizen who has spent 99.9% of their life abroad buys the land is it contaminated or not? If so what exactly is the line? If a 50 year old citizen who spent 26 years of their life abroad buys the land does it become less haunted then if a 24 year old + 1 day bought it (who had never been abroad)? How many units of haunting does land have? Do you have a NIST certified measuring tool?

        I want to know exactly how the land is altered based on the piece of paper of the owner. If we are going to be bigoted let’s at least be pseudoscientific about it.

        • Misconduct@lemmy.world
          12·
          9 months ago

          I don’t support what they tried to do in Florida and nothing I said indicates otherwise. I don’t waste time on people like you anymore. I thought we left this childish bullshit behind on reddit but I guess not. Go waste someone else’s time with your intillectually dishonest ranting.

          Absoutely nobody is talking about the braindead theoretical situation that you’re pushing. People that don’t live here/aren’t citizens shouldn’t be able to own homes and keep them empty for years. Period. Draw whatever inane conclusions you need to in order to digest that because I’m done with you.