A legal team from the ADF is asking a federal court in California to put an immediate halt to a ban in the state on political parody.

That was imposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom just weeks ago.

“California’s war against political memes is censorship, plain and simple. We shouldn’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed two laws punishing political speech, with one law taking effect immediately, just as the election season heated up – a time when we need more speech, not less,” explained Jonathan Scruggs, a lawyer with the organization.

“That includes political parody and satire, a type of expression that has been used throughout our nation’s history. While lawmakers act as if posting and sharing memes is a threat to democracy, these laws target speech California officials don’t like.

“We are urging the court to immediately halt enforcement of the law in effect now and to affirm the right of The Babylon Bee and Ms. Rickert to speak freely about political matters online.”

The fight is over a case brought against the state in U.S. District Court there on behalf of the Babylon Bee and others.

The dispute is over the state’s demand to censor political memes and satire, a move that has been described as threatening online political speech throughout the state.

WND previously reported as the battle heated up and Newsom, who has faced mockery for his state’s high taxes, extremism on social issues like abortion and transgenderism, attempts to interfere with other states and their rights, took chutzpah to a new level.

That, by the way, derives from a Hebrew word meaning “insolence,” “cheek” or “audacity.”

He signed a law banning parody.

The report said video creator Christopher Kohls is charging Newsom with violations of the First and 14th Amendments with Newsom’s “anti-deepfake measure” that was signed into law this week.

California’s governor was offended by a parody released by “Mr. Reagan” recently: