OPINION | If Disney’s lawsuit succeeds, it will be a powerful reminder that a politician’s desire to win a culture war battle can never supersede the First Amendment.
its “goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts.”
In other words, Disney exercised the fundamental First Amendment right that every individual and company has in this country to criticize government action. But that didn’t sit well with the governor. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference at the Reedy Creek Administration Building in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. DeSantis announced legislative action to nullify the agreement between the Reedy Creek Improvement District and Walt Disney World which was designed to permit Disney to retain control of its theme park and surrounding property.
One of the Disney-controlled board’s last acts was to approve a new development contract and several restrictive covenants, which led to one of the new board’s first moves: voiding those agreements. For Disney, that was the last straw. The company filed suit the same day, raising a host of claims, including First Amendment violations.reasonsame First Amendment rightSecond, the First Amendment prohibits the government from withholding benefits to punish protected speech.
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