• A federal lawsuit seeking to reappoint suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren was dismissed by a U.S. District Judge on Friday.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Warren via Executive Order in August over an accusation relating to neglect of duty as an elected official.
• The judge wrote in his decision that DeSantis violated Warren’s First Amendment rights and made allegations based on false pretenses.
• Should Warren choose to move forward with litigation to seek reappointment, he can move the case to the Florida Senate for a vote to either uphold or erase the suspension.

A federal lawsuit seeking to reappoint suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Friday. In issuing the order, however, Hinkle noted that Gov. Ron DeSantis violated Warren’s First Amendment rights.

DeSantis announced last August that he was taking executive action to suspend Warren. The governor stated that the suspension was due to a “neglect of duty.”

Notably, DeSantis claimed Warren pledged not to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion law and signed letters stating that he would not enforce laws prohibiting sex changes for minors.

Citing the 11th amendment of the Constitution, which states that the Judicial power of the United States can’t extend to any suit dealing with state law, Hinkle decided that the Federal court was unable to make a ruling.

In his written decision, Hinkle stated that DeSantis’ suspension of...

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