Only as long as no one complains. Did you realize that in the Fla Stop Example you gave, the state stopped it and appoligized within 48 hours of the start of the program? Reason: All those lawyers down there started suing.
(You know the physochotic red diper dopper baby lawyers who froth with spittle off the corners of their mouths as they talk about injustice and the veins on their forehead and neck start to bulge out).