Trump may settle his lawsuit against IRS for $1.7bn fund to compensate allies In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his allies The Guardian - US · May 16
DeSantis warns he has 'tools' including suspending local officials if they don't cooperate with ICE Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in assisting in detentions and deportations The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Crypto rules, false statements, and regulatory habitats. Reason · Jan 17, 2025
1 of 2 Democratic prosecutors removed by DeSantis in Florida wins back old job One of two Democratic state attorneys in Florida who Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis removed from office in what opponents say were political moves won back their old job from voters The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024
Democratic Florida Official Removed from Job by DeSantis Wins Election Against DeSantis-Backed Republican Monique Worrell previously served as the state attorney in Orlando, but was removed by DeSantis in August 2023 and replaced. Latin Times · Nov 6, 2024
Lawsuit alleges plot to run sham candidate so DeSantis appointee can win election A new lawsuit alleges that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP officials were behind a plot to eliminate competition for the Republican governor's appointee The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024
Florida's Supreme Court rejects state prosecutor's bid to be reinstated after suspension by DeSantis Florida’s highest court has rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Dishwashers, Nazi-looted art, and an ag-gag mixed bag. Reason · Jan 12, 2024
DeSantis suffers a stinging defeat A three-judge panel of the notoriously conservative 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Florida's governor Salon · Jan 12, 2024
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Reform Prosecutor Removed from Office by Ron DeSantis "The First Amendment prevents DeSantis from identifying a reform prosecutor and then suspending him to garner political benefit," U.S. Circuit Judge Jill Pryor wrote. Reason · Jan 10, 2024
Court sends case of prosecutor suspended by DeSantis back to trial judge over First Amendment issues A Democratic Florida prosecutor suspended by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis will get another chance to show his political advocacy was protected by the First Amendment and could not be the basis for his removal The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024
Mary Trump rips Ivanka's "entitlement" The former president's niece also predicted Ivanka would throw Trump "under the bus" when she testifies Salon · Nov 6, 2023
Cop resistance undercuts justice reform Police unions labeled DAs soft on crime while lawmakers made legislative efforts to remove them from office Salon · Oct 11, 2023
Ron DeSantis wants to use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against prosecutors He previously condemned the ‘weaponisation’ of federal law enforcement against political opponents The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023
Reason · Sep 28, 2023 DeSantis Says He Would Use Justice Department To Bring Civil Rights Cases Against 'Soros-Funded Prosecutors' DeSantis has already removed two reform prosecutors from office in Florida. A federal judge ruled he violated the First Amendment in one of those cases.
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023 Florida prosecutor removed by DeSantis sues governor: ‘He created chaos instead of order’ The governor has pushed the Constitution ‘to its very extremes at every single end,’ Monique Worrell says
The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2023 State attorney says DeSantis fired her because she was ‘prosecuting their cops’ Prosecutor Monique Worrell says law enforcement agencies in central Florida were ‘all working against me’
Salon · Aug 9, 2023 DeSantis removes elected Dem prosecutor "This is the new voter suppression," ex-NAACP Legal Defense Fund chief Sherrilyn Ifill warned
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends Orlando state attorney. He says she neglected her duties Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended the top prosecutor in Orlando, saying she had neglected her duty to prosecute criminals
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023 Ron DeSantis removes another elected Democratic state prosecutor from office The governor announced the suspension of Monique Worrell after removing Andrew Warren last year
The Guardian - US · Aug 2, 2023 Georgia district attorneys challenge law allowing state to oust prosecutors Four district attorneys file lawsuit against oversight commission seen as response to election of progressive, Black prosecutors
Orlando Sentinel · Jun 27, 2023 Editorial: Too little, too late for two gross injustices The price of freedom is pathetically low in Florida, and the cost of injustice is much too high.
Salon · May 19, 2023 "DeSantis just cost Florida $1 billion" Disney canceled plans to build new Florida campus and relocate 2,000 workers
Zenger · May 16, 2023 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Executive Orders Are Fewer In 2023 Than In 2022 DeSantis' notable executive order was the suspension of Andrew Warren who refused to prosecute abortion cases.
The Independent UK · May 5, 2023 Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill into law creating a new commission empowered to discipline and remove wayward prosecutors