How strong is Disney's 1st Amendment case against Ron DeSantis?
With its lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Walt Disney Co. has drawn new battle lines in the nation’s roiling culture war over LGBTQ+ issues — taking aim at the likely presidential hopeful for allegedly violating its rights in a battle for control of land encompassing its Orlando-area resorts.
The Republican governor and his political allies have waged a yearlong battle with Disney to wrest away control of the 27,000 acres of land administered by what was long known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which gave the company unusual self-governing powers.
Disney asked a federal court to invalidate the state’s actions, reinstate its contracts and protect its powers over the long term to control development of Walt Disney World, where it said it has plans to invest $17 billion over the next decade.
Disney’s 74-page complaint, filed this week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, argues that DeSantis violated the company’s 1st Amendment rights by retaliating against it for speaking out last year against the state’s so-called Don’t Say Gay law, which limited classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-28/a-corporate-darling-now-disfavored-disney-takes-fight-over-florida-kingdom-to-court
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Speech Will also probably apply. So if it goes there DeSatan will lose!
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