Category: Courts
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Fla. Supremes, Legislature choose pork over facts to add unwanted, costly sixth appeals court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida is getting another expensive brick-and-mortar state appeals court, even though the judges who can best determine the need said “No thanks.” -
Appeals court agrees BSO deputy has ‘stand your ground’ immunity for battery in controversial pepper spray and takedown of teen
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A state appeals court today affirmed a Broward judge’s decision to dismiss a misdemeanor battery charge against Sgt. Gregory LaCerra for his role in the pepper-spraying of a teenager in Tamarac in April 2019 because the officer was standing his ground. -
Runup to 2022 elections: A court contest that’s really about thwarting the Big Lie
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A court challenge to Miami-Dade County’s election chief Christina White marks the early days of a rollicking Florida political season runup to the August primary and November general elections. -
Florida Supreme Court makes it risky for a defendant to tell a judge ‘I’m innocent’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court is sending this message to criminal defendants: If you think you were wrongly convicted, keep it to yourself. -
Under the gun of a new discipline rule, Florida lawyers had better keep judges happy…or else
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Judges who want to punish lawyers for any reason now have a superpower that can derail careers, courtesy of the Florida Bar and the Florida Supreme Court. -
‘Writing on the wall’ at prominent appeals court supports DeSantis’s pandemic agenda
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A Florida appellate judge who openly sneered at a COVID-19 precaution seems to be helping his court steer legal rulings toward political goals.
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