A US judge has dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political allies, including the board he appointed to oversee Disney’s property in Florida.
In dismissing the claim against the DeSantis appointees to the district’s board, Winsor wrote that when a law on its face is constitutional, plaintiffs can’t make free-speech claims challenging it because they believe lawmakers acted with unconstitutional motives
God this is so fucking dumb. That’s like saying that because the act of firing someone is legal, someone can’t challenge being fired on the basis of discrimination.
Winsor, who was appointed to the bench by President Donald Trump in 2019,
The Federalist Society "judge" in question never sat a bench before being appointed by Rick Scott at only 40 years old to a Florida District Court of Appeal in 2016. Then, facing the prospect of an actual election and still being woefully unqualified, the GOP decided instead that his three years of service to their party made him ideal to be a United States District Court Judge and rammed his nomination through. Now he does them favors like this.