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‘It’s the First Amendment, stupid’: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations

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‘It’s the First Amendment, stupid’: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations | CNN Business

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker granted a temporary restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing the ad.

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759.25.0.pdf

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He's been allowed to get away with violating the first amendment for awhile though. It's no wonder he's trying to here. The whole disney vendetta started because they openly opposed a law they wanted to pass. Not much more first amendment than that.
The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is “false.”
For when all the liberals who whine about how conservatives are "allowed to lie!". In particular the ones taking the side of the Brazilian government against musk.
Freedom cuts both ways. It needs to. You have to put up with speech you hate in order to have your own freedom to say what you want.
- In particular the ones taking the side of the Brazilian government against musk.
  Brazil doesn't have USA's First Amendment. So no matter which stance people have on what it should be, it was legally valid.
  And the whole fight was a political farce as Musk personally is known to comply with government censorship. Again, you can argue that the law is wrong and should be changed, but it's legally valid.
  
  Brazil doesn’t have USA’s First Amendment. So no matter which stance people have on what it should be, it was legally valid.
  I'm arguing "should" not "can". It's just another case of when libs will gladly dispose of their values when it suits their short-term goals.
- Except you can't threaten a president or lie about a corporation without being sued.
  However, the right to incite racial violence is very much protected
  Funny that huh?
  
  Except you can’t threaten a president
  Or anybody else if it's a "true threat"
  or lie about a corporation without being sued.
  Or anybody else. And this is a civil tort not a criminal offense.
- This is true, and the 2nd Amendment exists for when they start saying Nazi shit.
  
  Lets just ignore all the laws against murder. But seriously if you're at the point where you're willing to kill people over what they say then you're a danger to us all.

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