Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.7.21
Alcee Hastings made trails where previously there were no trails.
He was a fighter, a visionary, and Florida’s history cannot be written without including his chapter. As a civil rights fighter, he was arrested numerous times at sit-ins and demonstrations.
As a lawyer, Hastings battled fiercely for fairness and equality. He was the first Black federal judge in Florida.
RIP to Alcee Hastings, a trailblazing South Florida lawmaker who passed away Tuesday at 84.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995 as a Democrat, and he served there until his death Tuesday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Hastings was 84 years old.
On January 13, 2021, Hastings voted to impeach President Donald Trump in perhaps his last major congressional action. It was the second time Has...