Supreme Court fast-tracks challenge to DeSantis' Amendment 4 website

The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track a case against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials that alleges they improperly used their official power to advocate against a proposed abortion amendment.

The court on Wednesday ordered Jason Weida, the secretary for the Agency for Health Care Administration, to respond to a complaint from a Palm Beach County attorney alleging that a website created by the agency last week about Amendment 4 violated state law.

The attorney, Adam Richardson, also included DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody in his petition, alleging that they have “waged a campaign to interfere with the election.” Richardson asked justices “to forbid them from misusing or abusing their offices and agencies to interfere with the election for Amendment 4.”

Justices could have dismissed Richardson’s complaint. Instead, they ordered the agency to respond to his allegations by 5 p.m. on Sept. 23.

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