DeSantis seeks dismissal of suit by suspended prosecutor

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a federal judge to throw out a free speech lawsuit filed by a Democratic prosecutor he suspended from office over statements about not pursuing criminal charges in abortion, transgender rights and certain low-level cases.

The Republican governor told U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Tallahassee in a filing late Friday that Andrew Warren — removed last month as elected state attorney in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa — cannot claim First Amendment protection for his comments on how he would handle these hot-button political issues.

“Mr. Warren had no First Amendment right, as a public official, to declare that he would not perform his duties under Florida law,” state Solicitor General Henry C. Whitaker wrote in the 39-page filing for DeSantis.

Warren, first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020, claimed in his lawsuit filed Aug. 17 that the governor is overturning the will of the people who put him in office and that his suspension is based solely on his statements and not on any actual prosecutorial decisions.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-seeks-dismissal-suit-suspended-162503816.html

[Lochloosa]

1. FUCK Death sentence.

[riversedge]

2. I do think DeSantis is smarter than trump and that is a scary thought

[orthoclad]

3. Yes.

Trump may be disposable to the oligarchs. He's completed his function of paradigm shift and created a cult of religious fanatics who can now be pointed by anyone who pushes the right buttons -- and packed the courts with assholes.

If and when Trump goes down, whether by prison or stroke or bankruptcy, he has an even slicker replacement, no less vicious, and possibly more evil.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

4. I have a better idea...

Maybe it's DeSatan who should be dismissed. Dismissed from office. Preferably dismissed into a cell.

I hope there's more lawsuits.. Since then can a governor unilaterally "suspend" and replace elected officials with his own cronies? I'm beyond tired of MAGAts like Half-Pint Hitler who believe in democracy for them but not the rest of us.

Considering what he's done and shown us in Floriduh? Be very afraid, America. Should he become president, he's going to go full-on fascist. There's less than 435 MAGA Reps? Less than 100 MAGA Senators? He'll fix that the same way he's fixing DA offices and school boards.