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sop

(16,202 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:30 AM Sep 17

'AG Pam Bondi eyes case against Office Depot employee who wouldn't print Charlie Kirk flyer'

"In an interview on Fox News’s ‘Hannity’ late Monday, Ms. Bondi suggested that she might direct the Justice Department’s 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 she’d already referred the Office Depot case to the Justice Department’s 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

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'AG Pam Bondi eyes case against Office Depot employee who wouldn't print Charlie Kirk flyer' (Original Post) sop Sep 17 OP
Perhaps his religious beliefs didn't permit him to copy such a flier. bucolic_frolic Sep 17 #1
Wedding Cakes OC375 Sep 17 #2
"Kirk stood against..." NCDem47 Sep 17 #5
Well...too bad it wasn't an invite for a gay wedding...Bondi would be giving them a medal. CincyDem Sep 17 #3
I guess we don't have any other serious crime to worry about Walleye Sep 17 #4
Has she talked to the Supreme's Historic NY Sep 17 #6
"Businesses can't discriminate," but the MAGA fascist machine can. Doodley Sep 17 #7
Office Depot is NOT a state actor and the First Amendment does not apply here LetMyPeopleVote Sep 17 #8
Priorities? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 18 #9

bucolic_frolic

(52,495 posts)
1. Perhaps his religious beliefs didn't permit him to copy such a flier.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:34 AM
Sep 17

Bake me a cake, or exempt us from health plan requirements.

OC375

(284 posts)
2. Wedding Cakes
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:34 AM
Sep 17

I think she’s 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

(3,068 posts)
5. "Kirk stood against..."
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:48 AM
Sep 17

…love and compassion that Jesus preached. He was an affront to my religion.”

Done!

CincyDem

(7,238 posts)
3. Well...too bad it wasn't an invite for a gay wedding...Bondi would be giving them a medal.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:35 AM
Sep 17

Historic NY

(39,306 posts)
6. Has she talked to the Supreme's
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:11 AM
Sep 17

She is the dumbest AG trump only hired her because she bleached her hair and can be bought cheaply.

LetMyPeopleVote

(170,297 posts)
8. Office Depot is NOT a state actor and the First Amendment does not apply here
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 12:27 PM
Sep 17

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?

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