Laws demanding race-based state action are unconstitutional, Florida AG declares

Florida Attorney General James Uthemeier issued an opinion in which he declared that state laws that call for race-based discrimination are unconstitutional and will not be enforced by his office.

"Racial discrimination is wrong. It is also unconstitutional. Yet Florida maintains several laws on its books that promote and require discrimination on its face," Uthmeier asserted in the opinion.

"The question of law presented here is: Are Florida laws that mandate discrimination based...