"Earlier this week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier dropped an official opinion declaring that he's decided to void scores of civil rights laws in Florida as unconstitutional. After noting that "racial discrimination is wrong" - the first half of the time-honored, "I'm not racist, but ..." formula - Uthmeier launched into his case that the REAL racial discrimination is against white people."
"But also, in an act of bureaucratic auto-eroticism, Uthmeier issued the opinion based on a formal request from... himself. "Therefore, I requested, and I am now giving, an official opinion in writing on a question of law relating to my official duties," Uthmeier wrote in a section flagged on social media by reporter Jason Garcia. "As Florida's chief legal officer, the constitutionality of laws that seek to mandate discrimination based on race relates to my official duties as Attorney General.""
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued an official opinion declaring scores of civil rights laws unconstitutional. The opinion contends that laws mandating discrimination based on race violate constitutional principles and frames racial discrimination as directed against white people. Uthmeier released the opinion on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The opinion was issued after a formal request submitted by Uthmeier himself under a statute that authorizes the attorney general to provide legal opinions on requisition by specified officials. The action resembles self-dealing and appears timed to influence white-grievance voters.
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