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Bad news for prosecutor suspended by DeSantis for refusing to enforce law
LiberytLoft ^ | Sep 20 2022 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 09/20/2022 12:11:43 PM PDT by SmokingJoe

A leftist prosecutor, supported by far-left billionaire activist George Soros, has lost his bid to be returned to his job while his court case over his suspension develops.

The former prosecutor, Andrew Warren, had been suspended by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after he openly announced he would not do his job.

WND had reported only days ago that Warren “openly announced he would defy state law regarding child sex changes.”

DeSantis said Warren, who was the Hillsborough County state attorney, had “indicated his intent to refuse to enforce laws in state related to abortion and child transgender surgery.”

Just the News confirmed the governor said Warren’s suspension would begin immediately and he “potentially” could be “removed from office in the near future over his stated intention to ignore laws passed by the state.”

DeSantis linked Warren to Soros, the far-left billionaire who has created a campaign to personally fund the political campaigns of extremist prosecutors who advocate for progressive agendas such as the decriminalization of drugs and prostitution.

The governor explained Warren had “signed a letter saying that he would not enforce any prohibitions on sex change operations for minors.”

Warren also “signed a letter saying he would not enforce ANY laws relating to protecting the right to life in the state of Florida,” the governor added.

The governor confirmed that state prosecutors “have a duty to prosecute crimes as defined in Florida law, not to pick and choose which laws to enforce based on his personal agenda. It is my duty to hold Florida’s elected officials to the highest standards for the people of Florida.”

Now the Gateway Pundit revealed a Clinton-appointed federal judge rejected Warren’s demand to be reinstated while the court case develops.

(Excerpt) Read more at thelibertyloft.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: andrewwarren; desantis; fl; florida; rondesantis; sesantis; sorosstooge

1 posted on 09/20/2022 12:11:43 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Great news

Hope this sets the standard for prosecutorial performance nation wide


2 posted on 09/20/2022 12:23:52 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up....)
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To: SmokingJoe

I love it with shysters with big mouths get their butts fired.


3 posted on 09/20/2022 12:24:42 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Texas is NOT a border town for freeloading RAT voters. It's my home!!!)
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To: SmokingJoe; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

4 posted on 09/20/2022 12:39:18 PM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: SmokingJoe

Yes!!!


5 posted on 09/20/2022 12:55:17 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The guy wanted to create the kind of hellhole Philadelphia’s become...or LA. Criminals rule, citizens stayed locked up in their homes.

DeSantis stopped this piece of human filth from doing that here. We have a fighter.

(George Soros is evil - but that’s for another day)


6 posted on 09/20/2022 1:39:47 PM PDT by GOPJ (STOP PROCESSING ILLEGALS. Democrats will use that act as 'documentation'. Just let 'em in...)
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To: SmokingJoe

It was not just his refusal to prosecute certain crimes not yet before him but his failure to prosecute existing ones that raised the ire of local law enforcement and residents.


7 posted on 09/20/2022 1:41:41 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: SmokingJoe

So far DeSantis has removed 2 board if election supervisors,1 Sheriff and 3 school board groomers. All Rats


8 posted on 09/20/2022 2:57:38 PM PDT by rrrod (6a)
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To: SmokingJoe
This an interesting case. Warren's suit contains a lengthy Statement of Facts and two Counts, alleging in Count One that (1) he cannot be suspended for exercising his Right to Free Speech under the 1st Amendment, (2) that his prospective decision not to enforce certain Florida laws is the proper use of prosecutorial discretion, (3) Desantis' true motivation for the suspension was political, and in Count Two that (4) the Florida Constitution does not allow the governor to suspend him for his use of prosecutorial discretion, and . Warren's Complaint is here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724.1.0.pdf

Then an extravagantly well-funded liberal virtue-signalling festival of piling on began. As Jimmie Durante used to say, "Everyone wants to get into the act". A 15 page Amicus Brief was filed by a so-called group of former prosecutors, Attorneys General, judges, United States Attorneys and federal officials, current and former law enforcement officials, and leaders worried about the chilling effect of Warren's suspension on the right of prosecutorial discretion, here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724.14.1.pdf

Next, a group calling itself "The Legal Scholars", describing itself as "115 legal scholars whose scholarship, teaching, and professional service focus on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and/or criminal procedure [and who have] collectively, ... authored hundreds of articles and casebooks and other writings on these subjects, ..." filed its own brief consisting of 15 pages of liberal legal fluff. Note: there must be a Local Rule limiting such briefs to 15 pages -- Thank God! See it here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724.22.1.pdf

Finally, a group identifying as "members of Florida’s 1997-1998 Constitution Revision Commission and state constitutional law scholars" filed a 10 page brief. here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724.24.1.pdf

Desantis filed a Motion to Dismiss, in part arguing that "Mr. Warren did not engage in constitutionally protected speech. The statements on which he relies were made “pursuant to [his] official duties,” and “the Constitution does not insulate [such] communications from employer discipline.” Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 421 (2006). Nor was Mr. Warren even suspended for his speech; he was suspended for preemptively deciding not to enforce Florida laws with which he disagrees—conduct that receives no First Amendment protection." Desantis' Motion is here:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724/gov.uscourts.flnd.442724.30.0.pdf

The Court deferred a ruling on Warren's motion for a preliminary injunction, but granted Desantis' motion to dismiss the Complaint's second Count, the state law Quo Warrento claim.

9 posted on 09/20/2022 3:02:31 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: SmokingJoe

The Florida Constitution provides for the Florida Senate to review suspensions and removals from office, with the Senate able to reinstate the affected officeholder if it so chooses. So, what basis would a federal court have for getting involved? None that I can see.


10 posted on 09/20/2022 3:32:36 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: thinden

Probably not. The state must grant the power to the governor to do this. If the power is in the state constitution then great, that power is in place. If state law provides for it then that is good as well. If neither is true then the prosecutor may have a good case to fight the suspension.


11 posted on 09/20/2022 4:29:32 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: GOPJ

DeSantis stopped this piece of human filth from doing that here. We have a fighter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Eventually this piece of human filth and others like him will have to be taken down hard, and I do mean hard. I can hardly wait!


12 posted on 09/20/2022 8:35:43 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Democrat politicians and voters are dangerous psychopaths. They confirm it everyday.)
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