Tag: Florida Supreme Court
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No Senate confirmation? No problem for Moms for Liberty boss on Florida Commission on Ethics
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org The fix, as they say, is in. Typically, it’s hard to know for sure before events play out. But in the matter of Florida Senate confirmation for Gov. Ron DeSantis’s pick to sit on the Florida Commission on Ethics – Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich – the proof is in…
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An attorney father’s last words to his son amid Florida Bar hellscape: ‘Don’t let the Bar & courts get you down’
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org Eminent Tallahassee lawyer and civic leader Steve Uhlfelder had to stand by while the Florida Bar hounded his son Daniel, like him a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis, about alleged ethical lapses.
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Florida bankers want Supreme Court to backtrack on big funding boost for legal aid to needy
By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org A trailblazing, longstanding program that funnels interest from lawyers’ trust accounts to legal aid for low-income Floridians is drawing both positive and negative attention.
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Abortion rights backers take heart from Ohio but Supremes likely won’t let Florida voters decide for themselves in 2024
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Advocates of a reproductive freedom proposal for the 2024 Florida ballot celebrated this week when Ohio became the seventh state to join an abortion rights backlash after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. On Tuesday, Ohio voters affirmed, by a wide margin, a ballot measure that adds the right…
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Florida Supreme Court debate about Marsy’s Law and victims’ privacy reflects fiery politics of law enforcement
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Five years after Florida voters approved Marsy’s Law, featuring a right to privacy for crime victims, the state’s highest court is deciding how far the law stretches: Does it shield Florida cops from external review and potential discipline? Should it be susceptible to exploitation by tough-on-crime politicians as a handy marketing…
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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.
