Lawsuit filed against DeSantis concerning Hastings former seat April 30, 2021 at 10:46 AM EDT - Updated April 30 at 6:01 PM
A lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis concerning who will fill the vacated seat following the recent death of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings.
Rev. Elvin Dowling, who is among the candidates for the 20th Congressional district, said he filed the lawsuit against the governor of Florida for what he calls the intentional delay in calling a special election to fill the seat.
died April 6 at the age of 84 from pancreatic cancer.
Dowling claims the governor is in violation of the first, 14th and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
By Joel Malkin
Apr 30, 2021
A lawsuit has been filed against Governor Ron DeSantis to force him to schedule a special Congressional election. The governor of Florida has waited now 24 days and counting since the death of my dear friend and mentor Alcee Hastings and has yet to set a date for a special election to fill that seat.
Rev. Elvin Dowling is a candidate for the seat in heavily Democratic District 20, which covers portions of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
He accuses the governor of playing politics. It is no secret that he is doing this for the purpose of being able to limit progress with what s going on in Congress, but we can t allow that to happen.
By Joel Malkin
Apr 30, 2021
A lawsuit has been filed against Governor Ron DeSantis to force him to schedule a special Congressional election. The governor of Florida has waited now 24 days and counting since the death of my dear friend and mentor Alcee Hastings and has yet to set a date for a special election to fill that seat.
Rev. Elvin Dowling is a candidate for the seat in heavily Democratic District 20, which covers portions of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
He accuses the governor of playing politics. It is no secret that he is doing this for the purpose of being able to limit progress with what s going on in Congress, but we can t allow that to happen.
By Joel Malkin
Apr 30, 2021
A lawsuit has been filed against Governor Ron DeSantis to force him to schedule a special Congressional election. The governor of Florida has waited now 24 days and counting since the death of my dear friend and mentor Alcee Hastings and has yet to set a date for a special election to fill that seat.
Rev. Elvin Dowling is a candidate for the seat in heavily Democratic District 20, which covers portions of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
He accuses the governor of playing politics. It is no secret that he is doing this for the purpose of being able to limit progress with what s going on in Congress, but we can t allow that to happen.
A federal lawmaker on Thursday said the National Assembly will move to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if the Executive does not act on its security resolutions.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday inaugurated a 40-man committee to find a solution to the country’s security challenges, including but not limited to an insurgency in the North-East, banditry in the North-West, secessionist agitations in the South-East and Fulani-Herdsmen crises across the Middle-Belt and several South-West states.
The Committee is set to hold a four-day security summit in May.
Speaking on Channels Television’s
Sunrise Daily, the lawmaker representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, Dachung Bagos said impeachment processes will be initiated if the summit’s resolutions are not acted upon by the Executive.