Official Statement: Florida Attorney General Declares 80 laws Unconstitutional, not a Court of Law

The decision by the unelected Attorney General to arbitrarily declare which laws are “valid” and which will no longer be enforced is not his to make. We live in a democracy with a system of checks and balances. The executive branch has no authority to usurp the power of the legislative branch or rewrite the law by unsolicited decree.

This action, combined with the Governor’s failure to hold the Attorney General accountable does not just reveal a double standard. It demonstrates complicity in the erosion of our Constitution and the rule of law.

When a Black woman, State Attorney Monique Worrell, was alleged to have failed to enforce certain laws (despite her having prosecutorial discretion), she was removed from office and subjected to a public character assassination. Yet now, when a white, unelected Attorney General openly announces he will ignore dozens of laws passed by the Legislature, there is silence. No removal. No condemnation. No consequences.

When you serve in a position of public trust, you are sworn to uphold the law, not decide which ones you prefer to follow. Anyone- Governor, Attorney General, or otherwise, who believes they can simply ignore duly enacted laws should be removed from office.

If the Attorney General believes these laws are wrong, there is a constitutional path: change the law.

We are currently in legislative session until March 13. Introduce a bill. Debate it. Allow it to be considered openly by the full Legislature. That is how democracy works.

If the Governor and his administration do not immediately remedy the dangerous precedent they have created, we call on the judicial branch to intervene. This is a massive miscarriage of justice and a direct violation of the Constitution.

Florida deserves better than rule by executive decree. We deserve a government that follows the law.

Genesis Robinson, Executive Director