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You see this is where you may be wrong. The suspended Sheriff elect may not garner much sympathy in the republican held senate but that’s not the only route he can take. He can take this straight to a Federal Judge who is far less constrained by politics due to lifetime appointments.

A Federal Judge is much more likely to follow he law and not politics. And the legal case for suspension, when you break it down, frankly isn’t that strong. The key areas the Governor’s team would rely on would be misfeasance, malfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence. Those are a few of the direct reasons a Governor can suspend/remove a Sheriff. However, it isn’t just a matter of proving these things were present. Rather, you would have to directly link them to something the Sheriff did or instituted through policy or directive. That correlation or nexus is tantamount to removal. Without it, the Governor loses his case. This isn’t JAG court anymore, the Governor is in the big pond now.
A fedderal judge? Under what federal law does this case pertain? The removal process is clearly laid out in the state's constitution and the process is being followed. He will have the option to defend himself against the suspension charges in the state senate as STATE law provides. Maybe he can argue in federal court that the law is unconstitutional, but a case like that wouldn't be over before the 2020 election.