Category: Florida judges
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Judge who beat DeSantis favorite Jared Smith at the polls singled out for discipline, could be yanked off court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
In Florida, all judicial campaign trash talk is not treated alike. If you blast your opponent and lose the election and you’re Jared Smith, abortion foe, Gov. Ron DeSantis rewards you with a higher position on a new appellate court. Then you’re short-listed for the even more powerful Florida Supreme Court. -
What’s going on with trial court ‘consolidation’? It looks a lot like Florida-style gerrymandering
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A new push to “consolidate” Florida courts has people talking about politics — more precisely, about gerrymandering. -
Frontrunner to replace Justice Polston is yet another DeSantis-style conservative with friends already on the high court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The frontrunner to replace Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston runs the new Sixth District Court of Appeal and has strong family ties to the Federalist Society and state government, plus a prominent office mate: Justice Charles Canady. -
New judge recycles Justice Francis’ dubious playbook for West Palm Beach family court case she left behind
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
An unruly family court case that Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis shed right before she got her promotion last year went to a new Palm Beach Circuit judge who seems to be copying Francis’ controversial moves. -
Supreme Court to decide whether Marsy’s Law allows Florida cops who kill to hide from public
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The next time there’s a police-involved shooting in Florida the media may not be entitled to the name of the officer who pulled the trigger. Reporters and the public would have to trust police and prosecutors to examine their own colleagues’ actions and, if warranted, pursue charges. -
DeSantis foe asks Supreme Court to make sure governor sticks to the Constitution in his next judicial picks
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Ron DeSantis may be obliged to take direction from the Florida Supreme Court before he names judges to new seats on two state appeals courts.
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