Democracy on hold: Gov. Ron DeSantis' five most noteworthy suspensions of Florida elected officials
Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s attempt to get his job back hit a bump last week when the Florida Supreme Court rejected his appeal there, but he is far from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ only attention-grabbing suspension.
DeSantis has suspended over 20 people from elected office since he first took office in 2019. Most of them were because of an elected official getting charged with a felony, but several were tied to policy decisions or other actions in office and courted criticism from the governor’s opponents.
Under Florida law, a governor can suspend an elected official for wrongdoing that includes neglect of duty, incompetence, malfeasance, drunkenness or commission of a felony...
