League of Women Voters v. Florida House of Representatives

In this case, for the first time in the recorded history of our Republic, a court has ruled that state legislators are required to submit to interrogation in a civil case concerning their legislative activities. I dissent from this unprecedented decision — a decision which effectively abrogates the well-established common law legislative privilege and grievously violates the constitutional separation of powers. I would approve the First District Court of Appeal’s cogent decision.

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The legislative privilege — which the majority reduces to a matter of judicial discretion — is firmly rooted in…