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 Disney�s First
Amendment case against him be dismissed, citing statements the judge has
made in the past that the governor�s 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
�Don�t Say Gay,� 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.

�Those remarks�each derived from extrajudicial sources�were on the record,
in open court, and could reasonably imply that the Court has prejudged the
retaliation question here,� the motion states. �Because that question is
now before this Court, and because that question involves highly
publicized matters of great interest to Florida�s citizens, the Court
should disqualify itself to prevent even the appearance of impropriety.�

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 �intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity� 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, �What�s in the record, for
example � is there anything in the record that says we are now going to
take away Disney�s special status because they�re woke?�

The second case was for a challenge to the state�s Individual Freedom Act,
more commonly known as the �Stop Woke Act,� which bans training in
workplaces and schools that could make people feel �personal
responsibility� for historical wrongdoings based on race, sex or national
origin.

Walker said during that case, �And then Disney is going to lose its status
because�arguably, because they made a statement that run afoul�ran afoul
of state policy of the controlling party.�

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis started last year after the
company criticized the state�s �Don�t Say Gay� law and vowed to work to
repeal it.

DeSantis began slamming Disney soon after, eventually signing legislation
in February to take away Disney�s 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 board�s 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 �zero.�

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