Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0874
Case Information
- Source
- Office of the Governor of Florida / Florida Chief Financial Officer (official government social media)
- Author
- Gov. Ron DeSantis, endorsing CFO Jimmy Patronis
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-20
- Content Type
- Media / Government-Source Commentary
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-22
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
This post endorses a concrete, aligned defensive action against Chinese-linked technology — a state CFO banning DeepSeek from the agency he oversees to protect sensitive work from compromise, with the governor endorsing the move. It advances protective sovereignty over government operations and data (II), peace through strength on the technological front of great-power competition (XVI), and technological independence from adversary-controlled software (XIII). The action is clean with no honesty lapse. The Standard prices two modest considerations as completeness/accuracy matters rather than misalignment: the post is very thin (a one-line endorsement of a one-line announcement), and "CCP-owned DeepSeek" is a loose overstatement — DeepSeek is a privately-held Chinese firm, not state-owned, though the security concern is legitimate (Chinese law can compel a private firm's cooperation). Scored as Government-Source Commentary (70/30) with a Journalistic Integrity score of 64. Mostly America First (74).
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0874 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.