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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:05 AM Jan 2019

Judge Rules That Scott Violated Rights Of Broward County's Brenda Snipes

Source: Talking Points Memo/The AP



By Associated Press
January 10, 2019 7:12 am

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Gov. and current U.S. Sen. Rick Scott violated a former state election official’s constitutional rights when he suspended and “vilified” her without first allowing her to make her own case, a Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday.


U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said newly inaugurated Gov. Ron DeSantis must grant former Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes a “meaningful opportunity to be heard” regarding her suspension by March 31.

Snipes came under fire during the contentious recount that followed the 2018 elections and a legally required recount in close races for governor and U.S. Senate. In the aftermath of the November election, Snipes said she would resign on Jan. 4, but Scott immediately suspended her. Snipes then attempted to rescind her resignation and challenged the governor’s suspension as “malicious” and politically motivated.

Walker ruled that Scott’s decision was an “effective termination” and violated Snipes’ due process rights. The judge also said that Scott’s order suspending Snipes contained “falsehoods.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-rules-scott-violated-rights-broward-county-brenda-snipes

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Judge Rules That Scott Violated Rights Of Broward County's Brenda Snipes (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
Surprise, surprise that Scott's order contained LIES. iluvtennis Jan 2019 #1
Beautiful. Thanks, Don Viejo. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2019 #2
So what's the upshot? What the outcome? mpcamb Jan 2019 #3
She had already announced her retirement obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #4
To bad the upshot does not include Scott going to jail for a few years. cstanleytech Jan 2019 #5

mpcamb

(2,855 posts)
3. So what's the upshot? What the outcome?
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:16 PM
Jan 2019

Back salary?
The job?
A reprimand for skeletor?
A re-run of this when it gets appealed?

obamanut2012

(25,911 posts)
4. She had already announced her retirement
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:49 PM
Jan 2019

His doing this basically took away her pension, and he was looked at as a huge conflict of interest. Best case for her: she gets her pension, which she earned, and will retire. If DeSantis is smart --- hahhahahhahaha -- he'll drop this.

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