Florida DA DeSantis already fired a elected DA he didn’t like….
Now?
With Fultob County , Georgia DA Fani Willis on the Trump 2020 election case?
Republican’s there can set up a commission to fire Willis if they want to….
She isn’t the only one….
Also….
Across the country…..
DA’s and others have declined to charge people for marijuana and abortion laws they feel are the last thing they want takwe thweir time with….
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill on Friday to establish a commission with the power to remove local prosecutors who “refuse to uphold the law.”
Kemp’s office said in a release that he established the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission (PACQ) with his signature to serve as “a valuable oversight mechanism” for district attorneys and solicitors-general throughout the state. The office said the commission will ensure these officials fulfill their constitutional and statutory responsibilities….
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The law establish several reasons for the commission to remove or force the “involuntary retirement” of prosecutors. They include willful misconduct in office, mental or physical incapacity interfering with duties that is likely permanent, willful and persistent failure to carry out statutory duties and conviction of a crime involving “moral turpitude.”
District attorneys and solicitors general could also be removed for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that lowers the reputation of the office and for knowingly allowing an assistant district attorney or assistant solicitor general to commit any of the listed acts.
The commission will launch on July 1 and can start accepting complaints about prosecutors on Oct. 1.
The law is one of several efforts that some Republicans throughout the country have taken to go after Democratic and liberal-leaning prosecutors whom they have accused of being soft on crime and declining to prosecute certain crimes.
Georgia Democrats have accused the Republican-controlled legislature and Kemp of seeking to impose the legislature’s will on Democratic local areas….
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Republicans mentioned District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, who serves Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties, as a target of the law as she has declined to prosecute marijuana-related offenses. Seven district attorneys have also pledged to not prosecute abortion-related crimes in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
Another authoritarian move from a Republican Governor?
Who would have thunk it?🤣
As they seek to OVER rule discretion in applying the law and removing ELECTED officals who may KNOW better than the partisan ‘lawmakers’….