US News

2063 readers

34 users here now

News from within the empire - From a leftist perspective

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml

Florida law banning Chinese land ownership gets successfully appealed (www.politico.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml to c/us_news@lemmygrad.ml

61 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 10 months ago

Can’t wait for it to be turned against gusanos lol