DeSantis ‘Anti-Woke’ Diversity Training Law Faces 11th Cir. Test

A Florida law restricting businesses’ ability to conduct diversity training on concepts such as implicit bias will face a critical test this week as a federal appeals court in Atlanta considers whether the measure violates the First Amendment’s free speech protections.

The state’s 2022 law, HB 7, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) championed and initially named the “Stop WOKE Act,” has been partially blocked from taking effect since a federal district court issued a pair of injunctions last year. That lower court found aspects of the law were likely unconstitutional.

Now a conservative-leaning panel of the US Court of ...