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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The governor doesn't have the legal right or authority to mandate it. That is why he's being sued by NCL, it's why this is even an issue at all, it's why people are complaining about it. He cannot just say "this is discrimination and so it's illegal." Discrimination has an actual legal definition, it's outlined in the Civil Rights act, and "vaccinations" is not a protected class.
Now, if he wants, he can lobby Congress and/or the House and/or the President of the united states to make a change and add "vaccine status" to the list of protected classes. But he hasn't done that. And so he has no ground to stand on.
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Discrimination is discrimination, there is no "protected class" in the definition.
The Civil Rights Act created some protected classes and made discrimination against those protected classes illegal.
The State of Florida and the Governor of Florida has the right to make laws for Florida so long as they don't conflict with Federal laws (and in some cases, even if they do). If the State of Florida or the Governor wants to make a law that goes farther than the Federal Govt and says you can't discriminate against unvaccinated individuals either, they can do that. The States don't have to go to the Federal Government and say "mother may I."
Now, if the Federal Govt. or a business believes the State has overreached and created a law that is inconsistent with Federal law then the Federal Govt or the business can sue. That is why we have a Judiciary branch of Govt.