April 24, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit wants Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state attorney he suspended to explain how two seemingly conflicting U.S. Supreme Court decisions could influence the appellate court's ability to hear that attorney's challenge to his removal.
March 01, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back Friday against an ousted prosecutor's request that the Eleventh Circuit expedite consideration of the governor's petition for a rehearing en banc with respect to a decision reviving the attorney's lawsuit against DeSantis, saying the case has "sweeping implications" for the state.
February 27, 2024
Suspended state prosecutor Andrew Warren said Monday he may revisit his decision not to seek reelection in light of the Eleventh Circuit ruling reviving his lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, asking the appeals court to speed up the appeal.
January 26, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants an en banc panel of the Eleventh Circuit to rehear a recent decision to revive ousted state prosecutor Andrew Warren's bid for reinstatement, arguing the three-judge panel's ruling transformed "the First Amendment from a shield against government oppression into a sword against a governor's disciplinary decisions."
January 18, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis only has one more week to petition for a rehearing after the Eleventh Circuit reinstated ousted State Attorney Andrew Warren's lawsuit last week, despite the governor's concern doing so could lead to "chaos and uncertainty" with the potential for multiple leadership shake-ups in the office this year.
January 10, 2024
Ousted Florida prosecutor Andrew Warren will have another chance at being reinstated to his state attorney post after the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday reinstated his lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, finding that the governor must show that activities not protected by the First Amendment motivated him to suspend Warren.
May 02, 2023
In weighing arguments to reinstate ousted Florida prosecutor Andrew Warren, an Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday focused its discussion heavily on whether Warren's letters pledging not to use his office's resources to enforce certain laws should be considered free speech or official conduct.
April 27, 2023
Suspended state attorney Andrew Warren has told the Eleventh Circuit that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has misled the appellate court about a district court's findings that the governor violated the First Amendment when he removed the prosecutor from office last year.
April 19, 2023
Attorneys general from 15 states urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision to suspend State Attorney Andrew Warren, saying the First Amendment does not protect the prosecutor's speech when he signed onto two letters pledging not to enforce certain laws.
April 13, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has told the Eleventh Circuit that he properly suspended state attorney Andrew Warren over "government speech" and not protected First Amendment speech, saying the appellate court should uphold a district court ruling that kept the prosecutor out of his elected office.