ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal appeals court began hearing arguments in a challenge to a Florida state law requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test.
Florida's 2011 law required welfare applicants to pass a drug test to receive benefits. It was in effect from July through October 2011 before a federal judge temporarily blocked it.
The judge said the law could violate a constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures.
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