Last time we checked in on Amendment 4, Ron DeSantis' Department of Health was threatening criminal penalties for TV stations that aired a factually true pro-choice ad, claiming it was false and dangerous. Proponents of Amendment 4 filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that these threats violated the First Amendment. They noted that some stations stopped airing the ad, which is not surprising: The DeSantis administration threatened their employees with 60 days in jail if they kept it on the airwaves. This was overtly tyrannical suppression of speech.
It's so interesting, because we're heading into an election where everybody calls everyone a liar, and everything is 'fake news.' Judge Walker's opinion goes right to the heart of the issue of who gets to decide what is true and what is false, particularly in the realm of media and political discourse.
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