You mean like Paris, France? They have an actual winter there. How about Mexico? People vacation there all the time.
Do you honestly think Disney's going to shut down their billion dollar operation and relocate? Disney World isn't exactly a movable feast. The politicians are going to bloviate, Disney seems to be keeping it's head down, and I highly doubt anything substantive will result. DeSantis will have his headlines, and he'll move on to the next inflammatory non-problem.
Disney World isn’t moving. But they have a creative work force, heavily overrepresented by the LGBTQ community, that has gotten accustomed to be viewed as equal and accepted. They demanded Chapek stand up for their humanity in the face of this statement of state sponsored bigotry. DeSantis may consider cowing Disney as a sufficient victory, but his base may require some form of symbolic sacrifice of employee rights or exercise of casual rhetorical cruelty to satiate their cultural bloodlust further. That will really put Chapek in a bind.
No, you didn’t. That case is a finding that an administrative agency acted outside its statutory mandate from Congress. It’s not a constitutional ruling.
Which means that agency, which is part of the Executive Branch, acted outside the authority granted to it under Article II of the Constitution. It enacted a policy which only Congress may enact under Article I of the Constitution. Let me ask you this, what is the highest American legal authority that restricts Executive Branch entities from enacting policy?
I understand your point, but almost every case, particularly in administrative law, can be brought back to the constitution in some way or another. However, the question was what Congress delegates in the enabling act and whether the agency’s action fell within it. It’s not *really* a constitutional inquiry. The Court is not interpreting an Article I or Article II power (and no, it’s not that Article II *can’t* if delegated the power by Congress; it’s about what authority Congress extended to the agency). It’s an interpretation of the enabling act.
Which means the issue as analyzed by the Court is generally decided by case law, but the reason it ultimately fails is because of the lack of authority granted to it under the Constitution.
The Federalist calling on all republicans to follow suit and punish corporations for political speech. Gov. DeSantis Is Right To Attack Disney, And The GOP Should Follow
That's not a particularly meaningful insight, as the federal government can only act as authorized by the constitution. Cases resolved on statutory grounds are not constitutional questions, they're statutory questions.
They already pay a lot in state and local taxes. Seems the only thing DeSantis did was raise the taxes in Orange and Osceola counties. His next step will be to say the counties can’t raise taxes to pay for the extra services which will spread the fire districts and cops too thin to be effective. With each step republicans make things worse on everyone.
The problem with that is the USSC has already granted citizen status to corporations via Citizens United, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Something about free speech.
Bingo!! Although Disney today, as we have seen in videos and like CNN, has let their ideology overrun their business acumen for several years now. If it hasn’t already, it will change soon enough, just like we’re already seeing at CNN. Disney was too stupid to realize that their Reedy Creek Cash Machine was a grantee exception to law and that it came with conditions. Losing that status changes almost the entire business model of WDW. Not only do they not pay taxes, they have the ability to tax other companies operating in Reedy Creek. Soon their will be Orange and Osceola County Inspectors on property instead of their own, and every new square foot of concrete or drainage ditch will have to go through permitting in those counties. Disney broke the Golden Rule of business: they got political. Unless you are sure that all of your customers have been, are, and always will be in agreement with a particular political position it is always best to stay neutral.
From the lone Republican who voted against the bill: The unraveling of Reedy Creek would not begin until June 2023. “This leaves the sword of Damocles over Disney’s head for 13 months. It shuts them up,” Florida state Sen. Jeff Brandes (R) said. “Nobody actually thinks this is going to happen. The cost to the state would be astronomical, potentially billions of dollars.” Brandes was the lone Republican to vote against the bill, joining every Democrat in the Senate. He said DeSantis, who is up for reelection this year and is a potential presidential candidate in 2024, is relishing the feud. “This isn’t even really about Disney,” Brandes said. “This is about staying on Fox. This is about extending the media life of this storyline. This is gold for him.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ances-bill-revoke-disneys-special-tax-status/
LOL... I had no clue Disney had some set up with these advantages. But if they want to keep pushing on with taking on a Parental Rights Bill the way they are...it will continue the way it is going. Because they are on the wrong side of the Bill.
Didnt they break that (non-existent) rule and "get political" by lobbying the state for special favors and donating to state Republicans in the first place? They simply bit the hand that feeds them.
