[sarasmom]

You have made some interesting points.

Allow me to restate one, which I pointed out in posting this article.
It is a fact that the State of Florida demands that every business they purchase goods and services from, enact and enforce “drug free workplace” policies for private employees.

If the abject hypocrisy of this legal requirement, coupled with an exemption for government employees, eludes you... frankly, I don't know how to explain to you that what our Governor is directing, and why I support his efforts, is an important step in returning controll of the Government back to our citizens.

I am not interested in “debating” you on an off topic point regarding settled law, since nowhere do you point to any efforts to overturn any laws regarding workplace drug testing, in Florida, or elsewhere.

Gov. Scott is attempting to direct that all State of Florida government employees abide by the same law those employees inflict on the private citizens of Florida.

Unless or untill the law is changed, I do not understand why you think government employees should be able to exempt themselves from it.

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If the abject hypocrisy of this legal requirement, coupled with an exemption for government employees, eludes you... frankly, I don't know how to explain to you that what our Governor is directing, and why I support his efforts, is an important step in returning controll of the Government back to our citizens.

I am not sure how drug testing public employees returns control of the Government back to the citizens but I will concede that point.

I am not interested in “debating” you on an off topic point regarding settled law, since nowhere do you point to any efforts to overturn any laws regarding workplace drug testing, in Florida, or elsewhere.

The problem here is that the drug testing rules are pretty well defined by the "settled law" and most of the state workers will not be tested based on the Supreme Court ruling on the issue. So basically what the governor is doing will be struck down by a Federal Court very quickly.

Gov. Scott is attempting to direct that all State of Florida government employees abide by the same law those employees inflict on the private citizens of Florida.

While the Constitution forbids suspicionless searches by the government, it does not forbid private corporations from having conditions for employment that can include things like drug testing. But there are limits on what the government can do.

Ironically, if the governor just privatized all the state worker's jobs, he could drug test them all he wants.