{"id":1935290,"date":"2023-05-22T01:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-that-judge-be-disqualified-from-disneys-free-speech-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T01:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:13:03","slug":"desantis-asks-that-judge-be-disqualified-from-disneys-free-speech-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-that-judge-be-disqualified-from-disneys-free-speech-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis wants judge removed from Disney free speech case."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-asks-that-judge-be-disqualified-from-disneys-free-speech-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935290&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gov. DeSantis Seeks Disqualification of Federal Judge in Disney Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>In a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his appointees, the governor is seeking to disqualify Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker from overseeing the case. DeSantis claims that the judge&#8217;s prior statements in other cases have raised questions about his impartiality on the state&#8217;s efforts to take over Disney World&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-more-men-linked-to-netflix-doc-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minors\/\" title=\"Two More Men Linked To Netflix Doc Charged With Sexual Misconduct With Minors\">governing body<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>The Lawsuit<\/h3>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis and his appointees violated Disney&#8217;s right to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> and the contracts clause by taking over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-changes-plan-to-move-staff-from-california-to-florida-amid-battle-with-ron-desantis\/\" title=\"Disney Changes Plan To Move Staff From California To Florida Amid Battle With Ron DeSantis\">special governing district<\/a> that was previously controlled by Disney supporters. This move came after Disney opposed Florida legislation that critics have dubbed &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3>The Feud<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s motion was filed a day after Disney announced that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance, and product development. This move was made amid an ongoing feud with DeSantis. <\/p>\n<h3>The Motion<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s attorney filed a motion in federal court in Tallahassee on Friday seeking to disqualify Judge Walker from overseeing the lawsuit. The motion cites the judge&#8217;s references to the ongoing dispute between DeSantis&#8217;s administration and Disney during hearings in two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-that-judge-be-disqualified-from-disneys-free-speech-lawsuit\/\" title=\"DeSantis wants judge removed from Disney free speech case.\">unrelated lawsuits dealing<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-coronavirus-rules-are-stifling-free-speech-on-campus\/\" title=\"Report: Coronavirus Rules Are Stifling Free Speech On Campus\">free speech issues<\/a> and fear of retaliation for violating new laws championed by DeSantis and Republican lawmakers. <\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The battle between Disney and DeSantis continues, with the governor seeking to disqualify the judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit filed by the entertainment giant. It remains to be seen how this will affect the outcome of the case, but it is clear that tensions between the two parties are high. <\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gov. DeSantis is seeking to disqualify Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker from overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees.<\/li>\n<li>The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis and his appointees violated Disney&#8217;s right to free speech and the contracts clause by taking over the special governing district that was previously controlled by Disney supporters.<\/li>\n<li>DeSantis&#8217;s motion was filed a day after Disney announced that it was scrapping plans to build a new campus in central Florida and relocate 2,000 employees from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance, and product development.<\/li>\n<li>The battle between Disney and DeSantis continues, with tensions between the two parties remaining high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants a federal judge to be removed from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against him and his appointees. DeSantis claims the judge&#8217;s previous statements in other cases have raised doubts about his impartiality on the state&#8217;s attempt to take over Disney World&#8217;s governing body. DeSantis&#8217;s lawyer filed the request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1935291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[5375,4980,6344,5387,5362,4554],"class_list":["post-1935290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-case","tag-desantis","tag-disney","tag-judge","tag-removed","tag-speech"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}