Tag: Judicial Nominating Commission
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Florida Supremes asked to order Renatha Francis, who may soon join them, off a case for bias
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The lawyer for a woman who filed an ethics complaint against Judge Renatha Francis wants the Florida Supreme Court to order Francis off her case. -
Judge Renatha Francis lied on her application to join the Florida Supreme Court
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Renatha Francis falsely certified on her application to join the Florida Supreme Court that she’s never been on the receiving end of an ethics complaint, a possible crime under Florida law. -
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. -
Court challenge to newest member of Florida Supremes with a thin resume, but good optics
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Editor’s note: This is a July 13 update of a story first published June 3. State Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, petitioned the Florida Supreme Court Monday to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’s latest appointee to the high court from taking her seat.
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