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The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Committee has forwarded its list of top nominees to Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis will choose two to fill…
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Governor Ron DeSantis will have to make two new appointments to the Florida Supreme Court. The U.S. Senate recently okayed moving two Florida justices to…
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For the first time in nearly four decades no African American will be seated on the Florida Supreme Court unless changes are made. Now the Senate…
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A justice watchdog group is calling on the Constitution revision commission to tweak the process that sends new judges to the bench.The governor fills…
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The Florida Bar is taking applications again for openings on five judicial nominating commissions. The boards help develop a short list of nominees to…
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The Florida Bar is calling on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to help bring more racial and ethnic diversity to the state’s judicial benches. Today, a Bar task…
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With more than 50 vacancies on the boards that nominate Florida judges, a task force is trying to answer the question of how to make the judiciary more…
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Should the Florida governor get to remove and replace people from the committees that nominate judges, whenever he wants? A bill that’s passed a House…
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A measure that would let the state’s governor remove a majority of the members of Florida’s judicial nominating commission has passed in the Senate—that’s…