Federal appellate court judges kept the case of former state attorney Andrew Warren (D) alive Wednesday, prolonging the fight of one of the prosecutors Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) suspended for various “woke” offenses.
Honestly, the penalty is that DeSantis is never going to be President. If he hadn’t been planning a run for President, I doubt he would have ferreted out these DAs to persecute in the first place. He’s an odious little weasel, but his primary interest here was to build his “cred” with the MAGA base.
Unless he’s planning another go round for 2028, he’s probably just going to diminish and go out with a whimper. Though actually, that’s probably going to happen regardless of what his 2028 plans are.
Maybe the State of Florida will have to pay the DA for a wrongful dismissal. If there are no consequences, DeSantis could just keep firing elected officials he doesn’t like and replacing them with his cronies.
A glimmer of hope that not all Trump appointed judges are hacks. We are still saddled with Aileen Cannon who is unashamed of putting her fist on the scales for a political outcome. Let us remember that this partisan imposition of federal judges without consultation of the senators of that state started under W and impleted without shame by McConnell.
The point when DeSantis could soak this stunt for its national electoral value is now long gone, though a positive outcome for him might still give some political value in-state.
At any rate, it is always a good thing to see DeSantis get swatted down in any context. Let’s hope that this reversal sticks.
I’m not going to research it, but it seems to me a majority of the moves he has made to woo MAGA have been overturned/reversed. His political/lawyer instincts seem to be bad. Starting a fight with the biggest employer in the state over free speech?
Yeah I can’t wait to see what he does on 01/05/27 when he’s termed out of his governorship. But I agree Ron won’t get the Republican nomination, so what is going to chew up and spit out from '24-'27?