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
officers and damage equipment, you re breaking the law. this was a very violent attack that occurred this evening. very violent attack. this wasn t about a public safety training center. this is about anarchy. this was about the attempt to destabilize. in recent months, this site is the target of a robust coalition of activists. this is an effort to further militarize the police. others say that they re compromising their environment in a site that should be preserved. in january a georgia state trooper was shot and wounded and a demonstrator shot and killed by police further fueling a tense situation in something that we re continuing to keep an eye on. don? now that we re here, should with he expect more? well, it certainly not, you know, the tension is not cat amming down. this site and this facility is continuing to be actions of violent attacks by protesters. police underscoring that many of those who were arrested last night were from outside of atlanta. don? is. nick val
recognition of a particular policy position and figured out the rest later. how often do we hear about that on capitol hill? but what s your reaction? well, i just think that, again, i feel like the process was just very poorly done. frankly this should be adjudicated in the laws. i m not a lawyer, but that seems to be the appropriate venue for this kind of thing. this is sort of a societal problem that we re facing right now. it feels like in many circumstances that these sorts of policies, not just this one but other ones, are sort of jamming down on a very political and tribal level. and when things like this are not done properly, it creates acrimony and a bitterness that just lingers, and it doesn t resolve anything. so i would suggest that if people want to take a serious stab at this, that they should take a different tack, take a look at what the actual issues are, what the economic impact was and the opportunity costs, and then address it from that manner in a fair way.