The Florida Supreme Court will not decide the Pulitzer Prize Board’s legal wrangle with President Donald Trump , declining to hear arguments the courts should delay the lawsuit until the President leaves office.

“This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court on jurisdictional briefs and portions of the record deemed necessary to reflect jurisdiction under Article V, Section 3(b), Florida Constitution, and the Court having determined that it should decline to accept jurisdiction, it is ordered that the petition for review is denied,” the court said .

“No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court.”

Pulitzer attorneys asked to shelve the dispute at least until Trump leaves office, pointing to a potential conflict should a state court seek to exercise authority

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