February 14, 2023
A Florida prosecutor appealed to the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to get his job back following a federal judge's ruling last month that Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. and state constitutions when he suspended the elected state attorney but that the court lacked authority to reinstate him.
January 25, 2023
A Florida state attorney who was found to have been unlawfully suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis asked him for his job back Wednesday, even though a federal court said it could not order his reinstatement to the elected position.
January 20, 2023
A federal judge found Friday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution when he suspended Hillsborough County state attorney Andrew Warren in August, but said the court still lacked authority to reinstate Warren to his elected office.
September 19, 2022
Suspended Florida state attorney Andrew Warren will not be immediately reinstated after a Florida federal judge Monday denied his request for a preliminary injunction in his First Amendment lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis.
August 31, 2022
More than a hundred law professors and scholars from across the country have condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' suspension of state attorney Andrew Warren for vowing not to enforce abortion bans or laws targeting transgender Floridians, calling the move a "disturbing attack on democracy."
August 26, 2022
More than 60 current and former prosecutors, attorneys general, judges, U.S. attorneys and federal officials on Friday urged a Florida federal court to rescind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' removal of a state attorney after he pledged not to use his resources to enforce abortion bans or laws targeting transgender people.
August 17, 2022
A former state attorney suspended for pledging not to use his resources to enforce abortion bans or laws targeting transgender people sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, saying his removal from office violates the First Amendment.