Florida Supreme Court Affirms DeSantis Suspension of Attorney Who Refused to Enforce Abortion Ban
The Florida Supreme Court has voted 6-1 to uphold Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ suspension of a liberal state attorney 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 last year.
DeSantis signed the late-term abortion last year, which could save as many as 5,000 babies from abortions every year. The governor signed a heartbeat law this year that will protect even more babies from abortions.
DeSantis said he suspended Warren because he failed to enforce numerous laws, including pro-life laws to protect babies.
“The constitution of Florida has vested the veto power in the governor, not in state attorneys,” DeSantis said. “We are not going to allow this pathogen of ignoring the law get a foothold in the state of Florida.”
Andrew Warren has put himself publicly above the law,” DeSantis said.
Previously, U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle ruled against the former Hillsborough County State Attorney in his lawsuit against the governor. Today, Florida’s highest court ruled against Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren in his attempt to be reinstated. The court disagreed with DeSantis but said Warren waited too long to take his case from federal court to state court after losing at the federal level.
The court denied Warren’s petition due to “unreasonable delay,” according to the order, which was issued Thursday.
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The court said Warren waited nearly five months after a federal court dismissed his lawsuit on the grounds that the matter had to be resolved in state court before he filed a petition in state court.
“[Warren] offers no explanation for this delay,” the document reads. “We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, the time for our review has passed.”
At the time of the suspension, DeSantis said Warren has repeatedly tried to install himself as an adjudicator of what laws will and will not be enforced.
“We are suspending Soros-backed 13th circuit state attorney Andrew Warren for neglecting his duties as he pledges not to uphold the laws of the state,” DeSantis’ office said in a statement.
When DeSantis signed the 15-week law, the governor said the bill “protects the rights of unborn children starting at 15 weeks. This is a time where these babies have beating hearts. They can move, they can taste, they can see, they can feel pain, they can suck their thumb, and they have brain waves.”
“Life is a sacred gift worthy of our protection, and I am proud to sign this great piece of legislation which represents the most significant protections for life in the state’s modern history,” he said.
“So this will represent the most significant protections for life that have been enacted in this state in a generation.”
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, some Democrat district attorneys and prosecutors are saying they will not uphold or enforce various pro-life laws or abortion bans and DeSantis’ move could be the first in a long line of decisions to remove them or limit their powers for not protecting babies and enforcing the law.
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