Florida Supreme Court backs DeSantis' removal of Soros-backed prosecutor

Florida's Supreme Court has signaled its support for Ron DeSantis in his efforts to make his state a little less corrupt.

DeSantis had suspended George Soros-backed State Attorney Monique Worrell during the summer of 2023, accusing her of a "dereliction of duty" when it comes to crime.

Worrell sued for reinstatement, saying that her removal was an "arbitrary, unsubstantiated exercise of the suspension power."

Florida's Supreme Court looked at the facts, and it was pretty clear who was correct on this issue.

"We cannot agree with Worrel that the allegations in the Executive Order are impermissibly vague, nor that they address conduct that falls within the lawful exercise of prosecutorial discretion," the Court said in a 6-1 decision.

"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," the majority opinion read.

This kind of assessment is getting less and less common these days, so we need to celebrate these triumphs of common sense when we can.