Disney Rejects Ron DeSantis' Wish to Kill Retaliation Suit; 'Governor seeks to escape responsibility for his actions,' says Mouse House
By Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson
July 26, 2023 2:18 p.m.
Ron DeSantis has struggled to convince Republican voters recently that he should be their running mate presidency, and the Walt Disney Company isn't about to make it easy for the governor of Florida.
As dictated by federal court schedules, the Bob Iger-led media conglomerate filed its response today Today at DeSantis June 26 Motion to Reject Mouse House Retaliation and Free Speech Action Against Ambitious Anti-Revival Politician.
And Disney didn't mince words.
"This case raises the fundamental question of whether the governor and state can escape liability for their open challenge to our nation's most cherished freedoms,” Disney said Wednesday in its opposition to the state's defendants' motion to dismiss (read it here).
"The governor seeks to shirk responsibility for his actions on narrower ground, saying that 'a governor cannot be held officially responsible for the implementation, administration and enforcement of state laws that punish residents for political statements that violate a state-mandated speech code "The company added with a personal focus on the notoriously thin DeSantis. "The motion seeks dismissal based on Article III, Sovereign Immunity and Legislative Immunity, but those principles do not apply. not here."
Drawn line, sand.
Disney originally filed its lawsuit against the governor in April, claiming he violated the rights of the society's First Amendment in retaliation for his opposition to a parental rights law, also known as "don't say gay." Represented by legal pit bull Daniel Petrocelli and a legion of attorneys, the Mouse House also named as defendants the new DeSantis-selected board of directors of the Special District of Reedy Creek, which was renamed the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District during of a seizure of power by the governor.
The company amended the suit in early May with more pugilistic quotes from DeSantis. The updated filing also included other examples of onerous Sunshine State legislation aimed directly at stripping Disney of jurisdiction in and around Disney World.
"Disney's claim in this case is that the laws reorganizing the district violated the constitutional rights of Disney", notes t...
By Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson
July 26, 2023 2:18 p.m.
Ron DeSantis has struggled to convince Republican voters recently that he should be their running mate presidency, and the Walt Disney Company isn't about to make it easy for the governor of Florida.
As dictated by federal court schedules, the Bob Iger-led media conglomerate filed its response today Today at DeSantis June 26 Motion to Reject Mouse House Retaliation and Free Speech Action Against Ambitious Anti-Revival Politician.
And Disney didn't mince words.
"This case raises the fundamental question of whether the governor and state can escape liability for their open challenge to our nation's most cherished freedoms,” Disney said Wednesday in its opposition to the state's defendants' motion to dismiss (read it here).
"The governor seeks to shirk responsibility for his actions on narrower ground, saying that 'a governor cannot be held officially responsible for the implementation, administration and enforcement of state laws that punish residents for political statements that violate a state-mandated speech code "The company added with a personal focus on the notoriously thin DeSantis. "The motion seeks dismissal based on Article III, Sovereign Immunity and Legislative Immunity, but those principles do not apply. not here."
Drawn line, sand.
Disney originally filed its lawsuit against the governor in April, claiming he violated the rights of the society's First Amendment in retaliation for his opposition to a parental rights law, also known as "don't say gay." Represented by legal pit bull Daniel Petrocelli and a legion of attorneys, the Mouse House also named as defendants the new DeSantis-selected board of directors of the Special District of Reedy Creek, which was renamed the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District during of a seizure of power by the governor.
The company amended the suit in early May with more pugilistic quotes from DeSantis. The updated filing also included other examples of onerous Sunshine State legislation aimed directly at stripping Disney of jurisdiction in and around Disney World.
"Disney's claim in this case is that the laws reorganizing the district violated the constitutional rights of Disney", notes t...
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