U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Florida Gov. Rick Scott on drug testing
Source: Tampa Bay Times
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Florida Gov. Rick Scott's petition to review a ruling that his random drug testing policy for state employees is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of legal battles facing the governor.
The decision leaves in place a May 2013 appeals court ruling against Scott's 2011 executive order making consent to suspicionless drug testing a condition of employment. A judge had previously concluded that the program, covering up to 85,000 state workers, violated Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did grant Scott some leeway, saying drug testing without suspicion could be used in "certain safety-sensitive categories of employees for instance, employees who operate or pilot large vehicles, or law enforcement officers who carry firearms in the course of duty."
Lawyers are still arguing about which employees could be subjected to random tests. It could take months to sort out.
Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/us-supreme-court-rejects-florida-gov-rick-scotts-request-to-review-drug/2176064
marble falls
(56,358 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Referring to that pig Ed Meese it was "Piss on Meese, not in a cup!" Rick Scott should get cavity searches like every person arrested for pot possession.
marble falls
(56,358 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)community right if they wound up being subject to random drug tests.
Poetic justice, even.
Reter
(2,188 posts)They are in NYC. Firefighters, sanitation workers, and bus drivers too.
LarryNM
(493 posts)Department Heads Are Subjected to the Same. Same should apply to All CEOs as well.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Various airline employee groups subject to random drug and alcohol testing, over the years, have wanted the executives to be included...the executives have always "declined" to participate.
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citizen blues
(570 posts)He owns the drug testing company, so the executive order makes him a nice hefty profit.