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Governor Rick Scott says he’s prepared to take his battle with the ACLU all the way to the US Supreme Court. The ACLU is suing Scott to block random drug tests on state workers. The civil liberties group says the policy violates the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution. Scott says he’s been reassured it doesn’t.

“Drug testing state workers makes common sense. You know, the private sector does it. They do it to make sure they have a productive work force, and so we should be doing it at the state. it makes all the sense in the world, its constitutional, and taxpayers expect us to have a productive workforce that’s not abusing drugs,” said Scott.

Detrimental to Scott’s case is a 2004 ruling against random drug tests. Former Department of Juvenile Justice worker Rod Wenzel sued after he was fired for refusing to take the test. A federal judge sided with Wenzel ruling random testing can only be done by the state when public safety is at risk.