florida governor ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected democratic prosecutor just last year. why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis, but now a federal judge has dismissed that lawsuit, saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but as a federal judge, he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and in the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming. i know we talked when this first actually happened. so i ve been curiously following this particular suit. and the federal judge did take governor desantis to task for his handling of your suspension, but he ultimately upheld it. tell me why you think that is and what s your reaction. well, thanks so much for having me back, laura. as you said, the judge took the governor to
The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that Illinois can keep a new law in place blocking the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines for now as the matter is slated for appeals court arguments.