Tag: Florida Supreme Court
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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 Judicial Nominating Commission. -
Florida Supreme Court reject Renatha Francis now in line for lifetime federal judgeship
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Wounded but defiant, Gov. Ron DeSantis dangled the consolation prize of a federal judgeship for Renatha Francis at a zero-hour press conference where he named someone else to the Florida Supreme Court. Republican politics of the moment suggests Francis will secure that prize and possibly spend decades on the federal bench, along with a growing legion of conservative colleagues who, like her, will enjoy lifetime tenure. -
Florida Supremes order DeSantis to pick new justice; says he hasn’t complied with Constitution’s ‘commands’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Ron DeSantis to pick another justice by Monday. -
Florida Supreme Court rules again: this time saying Gov. DeSantis should pick someone else for high court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
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Florida Supremes: DeSantis exceeded authority, but his newest pick for high court stands
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Aug. 27 – The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority when he appointed Palm Beach Court Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the high court. -
The Florida Bar: using similar evidence to obtain drastically different outcomes
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Jose Maria Herrera is making one last stand to save his career. Three months after the Florida Supreme Court disbarred him for 10 years, the litigator is seeking a rehearing of his case based on the outcome of a separate Florida Bar complaint against fellow lawyer Ramon Rodriguez. Both men were accused of conspiring with one another and a third attorney to take down prominent ex-federal prosecutors Guy Lewis and Michael Tein.
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