disclosing the names of the other advisers, a lawsuit filed last fall accused DeSantis of breaching public records laws. In January,“To effectively discharge his constitutional duty, the Governor must be permitted to have access to candid advice in order to explore policy alternatives and reach appropriate decisions,” Dempsey said.that the governor could cite executive privilege to aggressively deny public records requests.
“He gave me the opportunity to go tell the governor, which was a nice honor that he gave me,” Gonzalez said. “Of course, the governor gets to appoint his replacement. So I knew he’d be excited to know that.” Cerio said in an interview that the governor and his allies had no role in his efforts to lure Polston off the court. “That was my idea. I recruited him,” he said.
The court also did away with long-standing protocols requiring judges to take courses in diversity and fairness, describing them as “overbroad” in a ruling at the same time the governor was cracking down on similar efforts in higher education.