'Trump has been charged with a crime in New York, so Florida is constitutionally required to deliver Trump to Manhattan. Open and shut case, right? Not so fast. For more than 100 years, it was a lot more complicated,' conncarroll writes.
Hours after a spokesman from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed reports that a grand jury had indicted former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statement saying, “Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.”
In 1859, a grand jury in Woodford County, Kentucky, indicted a “free man of color” named Willis Lago with the crime of assisting the escape of a slave. After Lago fled to Ohio, the governor of Kentucky served the governor of Ohio with an extradition request for Lago. The governor of Ohio refused. The governor of Kentucky then sued in federal court to force Ohio to arrest Lago and turn him over to Kentucky.
Puerto Rican authorities then notified local authorities in Polk County, Iowa, that Calder was a fugitive wanted on murder charges. Calder then surrendered to Polk County authorities and posted $20,000 bail. The bottom line is that existing Extradition Clause jurisprudence is far from settled. For over 125 years, governors had to negotiate the return of fugitives from other states. Now 99.9% of the time, governors are eager to help each other out in fighting crime. But when prosecutions become political — especially prosecutions from prosecutors with an established history of letting many other criminals go — one can understand why a governor would be hesitant.
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