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 task. his findings were crystal clear. the governor violated federal law, and he violated state law in suspending me. he said that the suspension had no legal basis and that i was basically being suspended as a political hit job. now, the judge did not reinstatus as we ve asked, but what s interesting here is that he agreed with us on the facts. he agreed with us on the law. but he s saying as a federal judge, he doesn t have the remedy to reinstate me to office. and what s really interesting is that the judge called on the
either known or for signing that letter? no, i have no regrets whatsoever. i believe that not only do i have a first amendment right to speak out about issues of public importance, but as an elected official, i have a duty to the constituents in my county to tell them who i am as a prosecutor. and they know who i am. they know what i m going to do. and so i stood up for what i believe in. i stood up for what s right. the judge vindicated us on the facts and the law today. and we accomplished what we set out to do almost all the way. i mean, again, this was about making sure that the governor is held accountable, that people see this for what it was, a political stunt. the judge made it clear that s what it was. i d love to be reinstated. we just have to figure out the next best step to get there. andrew warren, thank you for your time. nice speaking with you again. thank you. have a good night. here with me now, the
maneuver in the political process. thank you both. stick around. we ve got news tonight on a story we first brought you this very week. a judge in illinois is granting a temporary restraining order barring the enforcement of a new illinois gun law. the law bans switches that allow semiautomatic firearms to fire rounds automatically and extends the ability of courts to prevent dangerous individuals from possessing a gun through firearm restraining orders. the lawsuit argued that the ban violated the illinois state constitution. governor j.b. brpritzker now saying in a statement, quote, the protect illinois communities act takes weapons of war and mass destruction off the street while allowing law-abiding gun owners to retain their collections. i look forward to the next steps in this case and receiving the decision this case merits. there s also a proposal in san francisco to pay reparations
motivate the base. these culture wars have not always proved legal successes. a couple of florida newspapers have assessed millions of dollars in legal costs to losing some of these culture wars cases, not this one, but politically have been very successful for ron desantis in his home state. and when you look at florida voter registration patterns, you see democrats losing a lot of ground over the last few election cycles in terms of newly registered voters losing ground to the middle while republicans are holding steady. so he s seeing a political climate that has been rewarding him so far in florida. i think the challenge for desantis is going to be he has really tried to model himself as a champion of free speech rights in part of his whole anti-woke stuff. but in some cases, he is not championing first amendment rights or rights of expression. he is using his powers as allowed under the law to quash those rights. and i think that is, again, on a