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Attorney General Bondi wants to adapt Florida rule that protects her from Bar discipline to shield lawyers who work for her
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi apparently can get away with defying standard rules of professional conduct and still suffer no harm to her legal career. -
Florida Bar protects Pam Bondi, other top officials from misconduct scrutiny
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Although the Florida Bar pledges to safeguard the public by “prosecuting unethical attorneys,” it gives lawyers holding public office a free pass when they are accused of ethical wrongdoing. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 Judicial Nominating Commission.
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