Ron DeSantis suspends a prosecutor for having different opinions than Ron DeSantis

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Chris “Subscribe to Law Dork!” Geidner
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What does Ron DeSantis’s move to suspend a locally elected prosecutor look like when viewed in the current national political climate?

It’s anti-democratic.

We should pay attention, and voters shouldn’t forget.

Tonight, for @MSNBCDaily: https://msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/florida-gov-ron-desantis-suspending-state-attorney-andrew-warren-offense-n1298056…
Warren has filed a lawsuit decrying his suspension, arguing not only that DeSantis' move exceeded the governor’s powers under Florida's constitution, but that it also violates the First Amendment. He wants a federal judge to order DeSantis to reinstate him.

That’s exactly what should happen. Democracy doesn't work if elected officials can yank other elected officials from office whenever one disagrees with the other’s views.
In an environment in which a former president refuses to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election and has elected officials and candidates advancing such lies, a governor looking for new and politically advantageous ways to ignore the voters and punish his political foes shouldn't be taken lightly.
5:16 PM · Aug 18, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' removal of a political adversary this month and his replacement of him with an ally raises serious questions about the rule of law in Florida — particularly given the context, in which DeSantis, a Republican, was attacking his opponent, a Democrat who has twice been elected prosecutor, by claiming the local official was neglecting his duty.

The suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren based on his stated support for transgender children and abortion rights should worry all supporters of democracy. If we’ve learned nothing else about our democracy in recent years, we’ve learned that we must take seriously elected officials who formally act to overturn the will of the voters.

Warren has filed a lawsuit decrying his suspension, arguing not only that DeSantis' move exceeded the governor’s powers under Florida's constitution, but that it also violates the First Amendment. He wants a federal judge to order DeSantis to reinstate him.

That’s exactly what should happen. Democracy doesn't work if elected officials can yank other elected officials from office whenever one disagrees with the other’s views.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Is what Ron DeSantis thinks, now State law?

How Banana Republican.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Yet DeSantis had no qualms about covering up felony forgery by his own kind.

But DeSantis is ok with covering up felonies that he agrees with.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142957259

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=desantis+covers+up+felonies

Ron DeSantis' Watergate: His cover-up of felonies of Lee County State's Attorney

[Frasier Balzov]

4. The prosecutor was elected? And DeSantis found a pretext to remove him?

That's an abuse of power.

The Brylcreem Kid must be defeated.