{"id":2204813,"date":"2024-03-23T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-and-greene-are-given-greenlight-to-sue-california-cities-that-canceled-their-rallies\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T14:52:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T18:52:59","slug":"gaetz-and-greene-are-given-greenlight-to-sue-california-cities-that-canceled-their-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-and-greene-are-given-greenlight-to-sue-california-cities-that-canceled-their-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz and Greene authorized to sue California cities for canceling their rallies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fgaetz-and-greene-are-given-greenlight-to-sue-california-cities-that-canceled-their-rallies%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=2204813&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>A Legal Battle\u2062 Unfolds: Gaetz and \u200bGreene&#8217;s Lawsuits<\/h2>\n<p>A recent ruling\u2062 by a federal judge has set the stage for \u2062an intense legal showdown involving \u2062Reps. Matt Gaetz \u2062and Marjorie Taylor\u200c Greene. The judge&#8217;s decision allows the two\u2063 House Republicans \u200cto move forward with their lawsuits\u200d against two\u2062 California cities that abruptly canceled their planned political\u200b rallies in 2021. While\u200d this\u200b development marks a procedural victory \u2063for Gaetz and Greene, it also comes with sharp criticism from the judge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Legal Victory, Yet\u2062 Criticism Looms<\/h3>\n<p>In a 22-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera dismissed several motions seeking to dismiss the \u200bFirst\u2062 Amendment complaint brought forth by Gaetz \u200dand Greene. The \u2063judge ruled that the Republicans had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-breaking-tornadoes-slam-midwest\/\" title=\"Record-Breaking Tornadoes Slam Midwest\">presented sufficient evidence<\/a> to\u2062 pursue their claim of viewpoint discrimination against the City of\u2063 Anaheim\u2064 and the City of Riverside for canceling their rallies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b cancellations were attributed, in part,\u2063 to pressure \u2063from local\u2063 advocacy groups.\u200c However, the judge\u2062 blocked Gaetz and Greene from further\u200c pursuing a separate complaint alleging \u2063a conspiracy between the cities\u200d and nine political advocacy groups, including the League of Women Voters and the NAACP, to shut down the rallies. Vera\u2062 pointed out \u2062the\u2063 lack of substantial evidence to support this claim, \u2063labeling it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-hail-mary-dems-get-religion-on-signature-verification\/\" title=\"Newsom\u2019s Hail Mary: Dems Get Religion on Signature Verification\">mere conspiracy theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2063scathing assessment, Vera highlighted the irony of Gaetz and Greene&#8217;s actions, as\u2063 they \u200bsought to penalize\u200c the advocacy \u200dgroups for engaging in behavior similar to \u2063what they were contesting in court: silencing political \u2062opponents.\u2063 The \u200bjudge emphasized the rights of all groups to express\u2064 their views \u200dfreely and engage \u200cin lawful advocacy without fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Protecting First Amendment Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Vera underscored the importance of safeguarding First\u200b Amendment\u2064 rights, stating that efforts to hold\u200c the advocacy groups accountable for their lobbying activities\u2062 were within\u200c the bounds of protected expression. The\u2062 judge cautioned against weaponizing legal proceedings to stifle dissent or punish those \u200dwith opposing viewpoints.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s ruling\u2064 not only advances \u2062the legal battle between \u200bGaetz, Greene, and the\u2064 California cities but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-is-not-free-speech-to-silence-others-judge-kyle-duncan-speaks-out-about-mob-crashing-his-stanford-law-school-talk\/\" title=\"\u2018It Is Not Free Speech To Silence Others\u2019: Judge Kyle Duncan Speaks Out About Mob Crashing His Stanford Law School Talk\">raises fundamental questions<\/a> about\u200b the limits\u2062 of legal recourse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smiths-search-warrant-on-trump-marks-historic-break-from-precedent-judge\/\" title=\"Judge declares Jack Smith's search warrant on Trump a historic departure from precedent\">cases involving free speech<\/a> \u200dand political expression. As \u2064the\u200b lawsuits progress, the implications \u2064of this legal\u200b confrontation extend beyond individual\u2062 grievances, resonating\u200c with broader\u2063 concerns about the rights and \u200dresponsibilities of all parties involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge&#8217;s ruling on Friday allowed Reps. Gaetz and Greene to move forward with their lawsuits against two California cities for canceling their political rallies in 2021. Despite a small procedural win, the judge criticized them for targeting progressive advocacy groups in their legal action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2650,"featured_media":2204814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP21128353404866-1024x681.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP21128353404866-1024x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204813","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\/2650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}