Constitutional Law
May 13, 2024
Political tweets had 'nothing to do' with Disney's free speech, lawyers argue
"Nothing in the complaint suggests that Carano is seeking to modify defendants' speech or the message defendants desire to express in their movies," actress Gina Carano's counsel at Schaerr Jaffe LLP wrote in an opposition to Disney's motion to drop the case.
Lawyers for actress Gina Carano argued the First Amendment does not protect The Walt Disney's Company's decision to fire her from a Star Wars television show, which she claimed was in response to a series of politically charged social media posts she shared in the weeks leading up to the termination.
The federal lawsuit is being funded by Elon Musk's social media platform, X, formerly Twitter, after the multibillionaire vowed to fund lawsuits for people who said their ...
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