Trump and other GOP goons can't stop stomping all over free speech
When will the GOP learn that the media doesn’t exist to promote their draconian agenda—or any politician's agenda for that matter?
A federal judge struck down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Thursday for trying to block local TV stations from running ads for abortion rights.
Ladapo and DeSantis have been threatening stations with cease and desist letters for airing ads in favor of ballot measure Amendment 4, Floridians Protecting Freedom, which would broaden access to abortion rights. This is in response to the Sunshine State implementing a strict 6-week abortion ban after Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court.
“To keep it simple for the State of Florida, it’s the First Amendment, stupid,” U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in his ruling.