Judge grants restraining order to stop state's threats over pro-abortion TV ads
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday to keep the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration from threatening TV stations with criminal prosecution for playing Amendment 4 abortion rights commercials.
“Plaintiff has shown a substantial likelihood of proving an ongoing violation of its First Amendment rights through the threatened direct penalization of its political speech,” Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in his 17-page order.
Walker’s order comes after Floridians Protecting Freedom (FPF), the political committee behind Amendment 4, sued Wednesday to stop the health department from sending more cease and desist letters threatening criminal prosecution to Florida T...
