Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, took a legal victory Wednesday after a federal judge refused to block his demand to oust pro-Palestinian student groups from Florida universities.
Two chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, hailing from the University of Florida and the University of South Florida, had asked a federal court to stop DeSantis from kicking them off campus after the governor declared that he would do so over the groups’ support for Hamas terrorists, Politico reported Thursday.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker refused the request of Students for Justice in Palestine to block DeSantis from taking measures to punish them and dismissed the governor as the defendant in the lawsuits.
Walker ruled that although the pro-Palestinian groups may perceive DeSantis‘ arguments against them as offensive, the university has not yet…
