Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0876
Case Information
- Source
- Office of the Governor of Florida / Florida House member (official government social media)
- Author
- Gov. Ron DeSantis, endorsing Rep. Mike Caruso
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-28
- Content Type
- Media / Government-Source Commentary
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-22
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The enforcement agenda advanced here is strongly and comprehensively aligned — a maximal immigration-enforcement program urged against a rival House bill (HB1B): mandatory 287(g) with penalties, a state crime for illegal entry, gang enforcement, voter-citizenship affirmation, remittance verification, flight-risk bail presumptions, an end to catch-and-release. It advances the borders article across nearly its full surface (VI), law and order (XVIII), immigration sovereignty and election integrity (II), and state-level enforcement (XII), and Tier 1 credits it fully at 77 — among the most complete enforcement content scored. What holds it below the cleaner enforcement posts (0863/0868/0869 at 75) is the manner, priced in Tier 2/JI: a one-sided partisan attack graphic branding a rival bill a "boondoggle"/"bait-and-switch"/"weak"/"unconstitutional," stating contested legislative judgments as settled fact, omitting the opposing chamber's rationale, and unacknowledging an internal irony — the governor's own state-crime-for-illegal-entry proposal is itself preemption-dubious (Arizona v. United States, 2012). Charged rhetoric aimed at a bill and process, not a dignity violation against persons — a lesser lapse than the epithet post (0865). No Rule 6 trigger — the agenda restricts rather than opens the border. Scored as Government-Source Commentary (70/30) with a Journalistic Integrity score of 60. Mostly America First (74).
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0876 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.