Disney cites First Amendment rights in fighting Gina Carano over ‘Mandalorian’ firing

Disney is claiming it had every right to fire actor Gina Carano after she made a social media post comparing the Holocaust to the circumstances of American conservatives in 2021, citing First Amendment rights. In a new motion filed Tuesday evening, the company argued that her wrongful-termination and sex-discrimination lawsuit from February should be thrown out. “Carano’s views ‘didn’t align with Company values,’” the entertainment giant wrote, adding that it has “a constitutional right not to associate its artistic expression with Carano’s speech,” according to court documents obtained by news...