'AG Pam Bondi eyes case against Office Depot employee who wouldn't print Charlie Kirk flyer'
"In an interview on Fox Newss Hannity late Monday, Ms. Bondi suggested that she might direct the Justice Departments civil rights division to prosecute businesses if they turned away customers who wanted to print pictures of Mr. Kirk for memorial vigils, citing the case of an Office Depot employee in Michigan who was fired for rejecting such an order."
'Businesses cannot discriminate,' she told Sean Hannity, saying that shed already referred the Office Depot case to the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division."
'We can prosecute you for that,' she said."
Article at link:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ag-pam-bondi-eyes-case-office-depot-employee-wouldnt-print-charlie-kir-rcna231860

bucolic_frolic
(52,405 posts)Bake me a cake, or exempt us from health plan requirements.
OC375
(267 posts)I think shes trying the approach to compelling someone to act, like was tried with various cake decorating episodes. Can the printer claim a religious or belief system exemption, I wonder?
NCDem47
(3,015 posts)
love and compassion that Jesus preached. He was an affront to my religion.
Done!
CincyDem
(7,218 posts)Walleye
(42,471 posts)Historic NY
(39,278 posts)She is the dumbest AG trump only hired her because she bleached her hair and can be bought cheaply.
Doodley
(11,366 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(169,809 posts)The requirement of a state actor is fundamental part of the First Amendment. The fact that TFG supporters and others do not like the speech from a private company does not give the govt the right to regulate such speech.
This cartoon does a decent job on the state actor requirement under the First Amendment
PSA on First Amendment
How did Bondi graduate from law school?