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"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.
A federal appeals court has reinstated a First Amendment lawsuit against Ron DeSantis filed by ousted progressive prosecutor Andrew Warren.
"I will use the Justice Department to bring civil rights cases against all of those left-wing Soros-funded prosecutors," DeSantis said during the GOP debate.
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.
A judge pilloried the DeSantis administration's partisan motivations for suspending Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, a prominent progressive prosecutor.