맥스카지노It맥스카지노s the First Amendment, stupid맥스카지노: Federal judge blasts DeSantis administration for threats against TV stations
맥스카지노To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it맥스카지노s the First Amendment, stupid.맥스카지노
That맥스카지노s what a federal judge wrote Thursday as he sided with local TV stations in an extraordinary dispute over a pro-abortion rights television ad.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker of the Northern District of Florida after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing the ad.
The controversy stems from a campaign ad by the group Floridians Protecting Freedom, which is behind the 맥스카지노Yes on 4 Campaign,맥스카지노 promoting a ballot measure that seeks to overturn Florida맥스카지노s six-week abortion ban by enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.
In the , a brain cancer survivor named Caroline says the state law would have prevented her from receiving a life-saving abortion.
맥스카지노The doctors knew that if I did not end my pregnancy, I would lose my baby, I would lose my life, and my daughter would lose her mom,맥스카지노 she says on camera. 맥스카지노Florida has now banned abortions, even in cases like mine.맥스카지노
The state health department 맥스카지노 part of Gov. Ron DeSantis맥스카지노 administration, which has aggressively campaigned against the pro-abortion amendment 맥스카지노 said the ad맥스카지노s claims are 맥스카지노false맥스카지노 and 맥스카지노dangerous맥스카지노 to the public health.
John Wilson, the health department맥스카지노s general counsel, sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple television stations airing the ad. Floridians Protecting Freedom then filed a lawsuit against Wilson and the state맥스카지노s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, saying the threats amounted to 맥스카지노unconstitutional coercion and viewpoint discrimination맥스카지노 and pressed the court to bar the state from following up on threats to sue.
On Thursday, the judge agreed the health department맥스카지노s threats were 맥스카지노viewpoint discrimination맥스카지노 and wrote that the group presented 맥스카지노a substantial likelihood of proving an ongoing violation of its First Amendment rights through the threatened direct penalization of its political speech.맥스카지노
, which is valid through Oct. 29, effectively bars Ladapo from intimidating local stations for airing the Amendment 4 ad.
Walker맥스카지노s granting of the restraining order comes less than a week after Wilson resigned from his post. In by the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald, Wilson wrote that 맥스카지노a man is nothing without his conscience,맥스카지노 adding that 맥스카지노it has become clear in recent days that I cannot join you on the road that lies before the agency.맥스카지노
Wilson did not mention the ad controversy.
The state맥스카지노s health department continues to assert that the abortion rights ad 맥스카지노unequivocally false and detrimental to public health in Florida.맥스카지노 Jae Williams, the department맥스카지노s communications director, told CNN on Thursday that 맥스카지노the media continues to ignore the truth that Florida맥스카지노s heartbeat protection law always protects the life of a mother and includes exceptions for victims of rape, incest, and human trafficking.맥스카지노
Some medical experts have said otherwise. 맥스카지노Florida맥스카지노s extreme abortion ban has created an unworkable legal landscape that endangers both patients and clinicians,맥스카지노 the nonprofit group Physicians for Human Rights stated in a report last month. The ban 맥스카지노leads to preventable suffering맥스카지노 and 맥스카지노compels clinicians to deviate from established standards of care and medical ethics,맥스카지노 the group said.
The health department맥스카지노s threats were so chilling that WINK, a CBS affiliate, pulled the ad from its broadcasts, . Other stations have continued to air the ad, some as recently as Thursday evening, according to the TVEyes video search service.
The broadcasters were supported by Jessica Rosenworcel, the Democratic chair of the FCC, who said earlier this month that 맥스카지노threats against broadcast stations for airing content that conflicts with the government맥스카지노s views are dangerous and undermine the fundamental principle of free speech.맥스카지노