Tag: Barbara Pariente
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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.
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Voters have the power to oust four far-right Florida Supreme Court justices on Nov. 8. Will they use it?
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org The midterm elections could transform the Florida Supreme Court, but probably won’t. Next month voters can choose to evict up to five of the court’s seven justices. In theory, Floridians could respond to the court’s regressive designs by firing most of the designers.
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Florida Supreme Court eagerly awaits opportunity to ban abortion here once D.C. justices reverse Roe v. Wade
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org The Florida Supreme Court has been laying the groundwork to end abortion in Florida and it appears to be stepping up this effort now that Roe v. Wade is doomed.
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DeSantis’s justice-screening panel blamed for Francis fiasco and all-white Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Renatha Francis was to have been the first Florida Supreme Court justice from the black Jamaican-American community, but it didn’t happen after a fight erupted between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the court. The fault for this fiasco lies mostly with the governor-controlled panel that screens potential justices: the Florida Supreme Court…
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Rick Scott’s court-stacking plan has bad optics and perhaps a fatal flaw
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Gov. Rick Scott may not get a chance to stack the Florida Supreme Court, after all. The League of Women Voters of Florida is pursuing in the Florida Supreme Court a potent challenge to his power to reshape the court in his own image.