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“To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”
That’s a federal judge ordering Ron DeSantis’ deeply weird surgeon general to stop threatening local TV stations with criminal proceedings if they air an ad in support of Amendment 4, which would restore abortion rights in the state. At least one station stopped airing the ad, but the judge in the cast issued a temporary injunction, saying
By threatening criminal proceedings for broadcasting a “political advertisement claiming that current Florida law does not allow physicians to perform abortions necessary to preserve the lives and health of pregnant women,” Defendant has engaged in viewpoint discrimination.
DeSantis sure does love going to court to learn about the First Amendment!
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