South Florida Sun-Sentinel: DeSantis' latest power grab goes too far and must be challenged
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on March 9, 2020, about a week after the first coronavirus cases were reported. He issued an executive order that relied on his “supreme executive power” granted by the state Constitution. In an emergency, state law gives the governor authority to impose curfews, execute no-bid contracts and declare martial law.
The threat of COVID-19 is still with us, but Florida is no longer in a state of emergency. DeSantis ended it on July 1 in another executive order. Despite a major resurgence of the virus and record hospitalizations across the state, DeSantis dismissed it Tuesday as “media hysteria.”
So we can presumably all relax. But the executive orders keep coming — and that reveals a governor who’s playing politics.
DeSantis has gone too far with an order that prevents school districts and their elected leaders from imposing any mask requirements on students, and threatens to punish them if they do by taking away state money.
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