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The Florida Supreme Court is removing a prosecutor that was not only funded by George Soros but implemented a policy that was soft on crime once in office. Florida residents were quick to say no. Last August Governor Ron DeSantis used his power to depose Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren. DeSantis did an executive order citing “neglect of duty” and “incompetence” as reasons.
Florida takes no prisoners
DeSantis slammed the door shut for progressive Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell as well, also citing “dereliction of duty.” DeSantis put out a statement about both:
“The practices and policies of her office have allowed murderers, other violent offenders, and dangerous drug traffickers to receive extremely reduced sentences and escape the full consequences of their criminal conduct. In some cases, these offenders have evaded incarceration altogether. State Attorney Worrell’s practices undermine Florida law and endanger the safety, security, and welfare of the communities that Ms. Worrell was elected to serve.”
Soros also funded Worrell’s campaign. The expected response was Worrell calling DeSantis a “dictator”, immediately taking the governor to court to whine it was all politics and nothing to do with duty.
The Florida court wasn’t impressed
Worrell can scream to her heart’s content but the court wasn’t hearing it and upheld the governor’s decision to remove her 6 – 1. The court’s majority opinion wrote,
“We cannot agree with Worrell that the allegations in the Executive Order are impermissibly vague, nor that they address conduct that falls within the lawful exercise of prosecutorial discretion. We have said that a suspension order does not infringe on a state attorney’s lawful exercise of prosecutorial discretion where it alleges that such discretion is, in fact, not being exercised in individual cases but, rather, that generalized policies have resulted in categorical enforcement practices.”
Worrell’s financial support to the tune of $1 million came from the leftist group Our Vote Our Voice which is Soros funded through the group Democracy Now.
The ruling was simple. The Florida Constitution gives the governor the right to do this for “malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony, and may fill the office by appointment for the period of suspension.” DeSantis can reinstate those who have been suspended as well.
This could be a template
For those states needing this option. The Supreme Court justices who denied her disagreed with her arguments that the reasons she was deposed were too vague. Worrell also thought this infringed on her rights of prosecutorial discretion.
She was elected in 2020, re-elected in 2024 but her administration was “clearly and fundamentally derelict so as to constitute both neglect of duty and incompetence.” Worrell insists her suspension is politically motivated since it happened when DeSantis was still running for president.
She was doing her job as she saw fit and only egregious conduct was grounds for dismissal. The majority or five out the seven judges on the Supreme Court were appointed by DeSantis. Since Florida is a big state, Justice Jorge Labarga, appointed by Governor Charlie Crist, thought the states attorneys should have the discretion to address challenges in their communities.
