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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. -
‘Stand Your Ground on steroids’ before Florida Supremes; Flood of cases could be reopened
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court is reviewing a souped-up version of the controversial “Stand Your Ground’’ law, and the court may use it to reopen thousands of criminal cases. -
Lawyers for non-smoking flight attendants who sued cash-rich foundation are punished for it
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Two Miami lawyers sued a multi-million-dollar foundation to help hundreds of non-smoking flight attendants who’d been exposed to toxic secondhand tobacco smoke. They didn’t imagine they’d be punished for it seven years later. -
Rick Scott’s court-stacking plan has bad optics and perhaps a fatal flaw
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Gov. Rick Scott may not get a chance to stack the Florida Supreme Court, after all. The League of Women Voters of Florida is pursuing in the Florida Supreme Court a potent challenge to his power to reshape the court in his own image. -
Red light ticket? Enforcement depends on where you got it and how you try to resolve it
By Susannah Nesmith
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami-Dade Traffic Magistrate Christopher Benjamin played a series of dramatic videos of crashes caught on tape by red-light cameras. The people in the audience gasped each time someone t-boned a car, flipped over a railing, struck a motorcyclist or nearly plowed through a line of kids crossing the street. “Ladies and gentlemen, please rise,” Benjamin told the audience after playing the videos. And then he surprised everyone. “Be safe out there. Case dismissed. Thank you.”
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