10.14.2022

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General News

J Cabou was quoted in the recent Politico article, "'He’s Developing Blinkers': Has Ron DeSantis Let All the Winning Go to His Head?". 

The governor of Florida, according to the Constitution of the state, “may suspend from office any state officer … for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony.” But this governor, said Warren’s attorney, Jean-Jacques Cabou, of Phoenix, suspended this state officer not because of what he did but because of what he said. He has prosecutorial discretion. He has the right to “protected speech.”

“We are here because the governor issued an executive order that violated the First Amendment,” J told Judge Robert Hinkle, a Bill Clinton nominee. “It also violated the Florida Constitution.”

 

Read the full article on Politico