Tag: Florida Bar
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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. -
Right-wing extremist on payroll of Miami-Dade candidate looking to oust circuit judge
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Teressa Maria Cervera, a Miami-Dade judicial candidate who’s been the subject of two recent Florida Bar complaints alleging deceitful behavior, has put an influential right-wing provocateur on her campaign’s payroll. -
Diaz de la Portilla political machine slimed Miami-Dade’s first Haitian-American judge, complaints allege
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Judicial races are supposed to be civilized electoral contests. Unless the candidate is a member of the Diaz de la Portilla political family gunning for Miami-Dade County’s first Haitian-American judge, then sleazy campaigning is on brand. -
Former chief justice, state rep blast system that teed up Renatha Francis for Florida Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A former Florida Supreme Court chief justice and a state legislator are calling for an end to governors dictating who joins the state’s highest court based on politics instead of excellence. -
Florida’s troubled prison system wants to shut down lawyer-to-inmate phone calls that can reveal cruel and illegal conditions
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida prison officials want to change a rule to keep lawyers from talking to inmates who may need their help; the new rule would place inmates who could be defense witnesses completely out of earshot. -
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.
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