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On 11 Feb 2022, B1ackwater <bw@magik.beanz.net> posted some news:su60na$16uq3$12@news.freedyn.de:

The judge is a Democrat pedophile in the pocket of Disney.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) requested that the judge in DisneyAs First Amendment case against him be dismissed, citing statements the judge has
made in the past that the governorAs lawyers argue demonstrate a lack of impartiality.

DeSantis filed a motion on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to ask that Chief Judge Mark Walker be disqualified
from the case. Disney sued DeSantis in April after months of sparring with
the governor over the Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as
oDonAt Say Gay,o and steps that DeSantis has taken to increase state
influence over the company.

The motion alleges that Walker voluntarily referred to the dispute between DeSantis and Disney during two unrelated cases pertaining to issues of
free speech and the possibility of retaliation.

oThose remarksueach derived from extrajudicial sourcesuwere on the record,
in open court, and could reasonably imply that the Court has prejudged the retaliation question here,o the motion states. oBecause that question is
now before this Court, and because that question involves highly
publicized matters of great interest to FloridaAs citizens, the Court
should disqualify itself to prevent even the appearance of impropriety.o

One of the cases that the motion brings up was a First Amendment lawsuit
that Florida professors filed to challenge a law that DeSantis signed to establish a survey on ointellectual freedom and viewpoint diversityo on college campuses.

Walker dismissed the case on the grounds that the professors did not have standing to sue, but he said during the case, oWhatAs in the record, for example u is there anything in the record that says we are now going to
take away DisneyAs special status because theyAre woke?o

The second case was for a challenge to the stateAs Individual Freedom Act, more commonly known as the oStop Woke Act,o which bans training in
workplaces and schools that could make people feel opersonal
responsibilityo for historical wrongdoings based on race, sex or national origin.

Walker said during that case, oAnd then Disney is going to lose its status becauseuarguably, because they made a statement that run afouluran afoul
of state policy of the controlling party.o

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis started last year after the
company criticized the stateAs oDonAt Say Gayo law and vowed to work to
repeal it.

DeSantis began slamming Disney soon after, eventually signing legislation
in February to take away DisneyAs self-governing status over the Reedy
Creek Improvement District, a 25,000-acre region that Disney has owned and self-governed for decades.

Before a DeSantis-appointed board could take over under the newly formed Central Florida Tourism District, though, the Reedy Creek board signed an agreement to give Disney developmental authority over its parks,
undermining the new boardAs authority.

After the new board took action to try to declare the agreement void,
Disney sued DeSantis on allegations that it was being punished for
exercising its freedom of speech.

DeSantis said on Friday in New Hampshire that the chance of him backing
down from the dispute with Disney is ozero.o

<https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4013621-desantis-requests- that-judge-in-disney-case-be-dismissed-for-perceived-partiality/>

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