Judge Upholds Florida Gov Ron DeSantis Decision to Suspend Prosecutor Who Won’t Enforce Abortion Ban
September 20, 2022 | Florida
A federal judge has temporarily upheld Florida Gov Ron DeSantis’ decision to suspend a liberal prosecutor who refuses to uphold Florida’s 15-week abortion ban.
DeSantis suspended Soros-backed state attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to enforce the pro-life law he signed earlier this year. The pro-life governor signed the late-term abortion ban back in April, which could save as many as 5,000 babies from aboritons every year.
“The constitution of Florida has vested the veto power in the governor, not in state attorneys,” DeSantis said last month after the suspension. “We are not going to allow this pathogen of ignoring the law get a foothold in the state of Florida.”
He said Warren has repeatedly tried to install himself as an adjudicator of what laws will and will not be enforced.
Today, a federal judge declined to strike down the decision –ruling Monday not to reinstate Andrew Warren while the prosecutor’s case challenging DeSantis’ firing of him moves forward. Forbes has more on the ruling:
U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle ruled during a hearing Monday not to grant Warren’s request for a preliminary injunction that would reinstate him as state attorney, local outlets report, but the case is still ongoing…. (Excerpt from lifenews.com)
