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The Empire Strikes Back! Disney To Appeal Legal Loss To Ron DeSantis In Free Speech Battle


The lines at Disney World may be long, but the Mouse House isn’t standing around to let Ron DeSantis savor his win yesterday in the company’s First Amendment lawsuit against the failed …

Less than 24 hours after a federal judge agreed with the Florida Governor and deep-sixed Disney’s nearly year long legal action, the Bob Iger-run entertainment giant and Sunshine State mega-employer gave official notice they plan to challenge Wednesday’s dismissal. As the dust-up escalated, Disney filed its suit in April, as past and now present CEO Iger and the so-called “woke” battling DeSantis, who was eyeing what became a face plant of a primary campaign, hurled missives at each other in public With the GOP war for the 2024 POTUS nomination turning sour for the Florida governor, a hearing in mid-December before the Donald Trump appointed judge saw both side arguing over DeSantis’ latest effort to see the case ended.

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