Tag: Shutts & Bowen
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Trump DOJ Memo threatens decades of disability rights protections, tests key Florida rights case
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
To little notice by the nation’s newspapers, the Trump administration recently moved to reverse decades of disability civil rights policy through a Justice Department opinion that signals an apparent sea change in how the executive branch plans to enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). -
What’s going on with trial court ‘consolidation’? It looks a lot like Florida-style gerrymandering
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A new push to “consolidate” Florida courts has people talking about politics — more precisely, about gerrymandering. -
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 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. -
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. -
Lobbyist Marc Sarnoff brings big PAC money to Miami City Hall in fight over kiosks
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Like many politicians who leave public service, former Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff is parlaying his credentials to lobby on behalf of companies seeking to do business with municipal governments in Miami-Dade. One of those firms is Orange Barrel Media, a Columbus, Ohio-based information kiosk manufacturer…
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