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There’s no need to merge judicial districts, says Florida Supreme Court
Judicial circuits have their own judges, state attorneys and public defenders
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida Supreme Court, House Speaker Paul Renner, Florida judicial circuits
DeSantis wants to 'establish a precedent' of removing elected officials, says lawyers for suspended Orlando State Attorney
“Florida voters, the governor claims, not only know of his suspension power but also expect him to use it."
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Monique Worrell, state attorney, Florida Supreme Court
Five former Florida Supreme Court justices support reinstatement of State Attorney Monique Worrell
Two friend-of-the-court briefs urge the state Supreme Court to find that DeSantis exceeded authority in suspending Worrell
Tags: Florida News, Monique Worrell, Ron DeSantis, State Attorney, Florida Supreme Court
Florida urges use of ‘Marsy’s Law’ to make it harder for death row inmates to halt executions
The law would 'heighten' a standard used in determining whether to grant stays after death warrants have been signed
By Jim Saunders and Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Florida death penalty, Ron DeSantis, Marsy's Law, Ashley Moody
Florida Supreme Court hears arguments in challenge to 15-week abortion ban
An attorney for the plaintiffs argued that the 2022 law violates 'fundamental rights'
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Abortion Rights, Florida abortion law, abortion hearing, abortion ban, Florida Supreme Court, Ron DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court leaves 'approved courses in fairness and diversity' out of rule regarding ethics requirements
The issue involves a requirement that judges receive training in judicial ethics
Tags: Florida News, Florida Supreme Court, ethics requirements
Monique Worrell asks Florida Supreme Court to reverse DeSantis' move to suspend her
'Ms. Worrell was elected to serve as state attorney, not the governor,' Worrell’s lawyers wrote in a 46-page petition
Tags: Orlando Area News, Monique Worrell, Ron DeSantis, Florida Supreme Court
Florida attorney general seeks to block recreational marijuana amendment from 2024 ballot
Moody wrote that she thinks 'the proposed amendment fails to meet the requirements' of part of state law
Tags: Cannabis News, Florida recreational marijuana, Ashley Moody, Florida Supreme Court, Florida marijuana initiative
Gov. DeSantis signs death penalty bill to eliminate need for unanimous juries
The new law took effect immediately and represents a major change in Florida’s death-penalty system
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Florida death penalty, Ron DeSantis, unanimous jury requirement, Florida death sentence
Gov. DeSantis asks Florida Supreme Court to toss out Andrew Warren’s case
Attorneys wrote that a petition filed by Warren at the Supreme Court ‘presents quintessential political questions’
Tags: Florida News, Ron DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, Andrew Warren, Florida Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court asks to halt Florida's first execution since 2019
Donald David Dillbeck was initially sentenced to life in prison in the 1979 shooting of Lee County sheriff’s deputy
Tags: Florida News, U.S. Supreme Court, Florida Supreme Court, Florida execution, Donald David Dillbeck
DeSantis ordered to pick another Florida Supreme Court justice
Tags: Orlando Area News, Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, Ron DeSantis, Geraldine Thompson
Windermere state representative files lawsuit challenging Gov. DeSantis' Florida Supreme Court pick
Tags: Bloggytown, Appointments, reopening, Ron DeSantis, Geraldine Thompson, Ron DeSantis, Florida Supreme Court, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Renatha Francis
Florida Supreme Court continues to allow executions of prisoners with intellectual disabilities
By The News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, justice, death penalty, execution, mental intellectual disabilities, civil rights, capital punishment
Florida Supreme Court shoots down assault weapons ban
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, guns, assault weapons ban, Florida Supreme Court, arms, 2nd Amendment
Recreational marijuana supporters fire back challenge to new Florida law
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, Make It Legal Florida, amendment, marijuana
Florida Supreme Court says unanimous jury decisions not required for death penalty sentences
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, death penalty, capital punishment, criminal justice
Florida Supreme Court rules people with felony convictions must pay off all fines and fees before voting
Tags: Bloggytown, felons, voting, florida supreme court, ron desantis
Op-ed: The Florida Supreme Court needs a Black jurist
By State Sens. Perry E. Thurston Jr. and Darryl E. Rouson
Tags: Bloggytown, op-ed, florida supreme court, gov ron desantis, diversity, black representation
Florida Supreme Court justice candidates to be interviewed in Orlando
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, appeals court, nominees, courts
Gov. Ron DeSantis receives 31 applicants for Florida Supreme Court seats
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, nominees, Ron DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court rules car insurance company must pay the family of motorcyclist in fatal accident
Tags: Bloggytown, auto insurance, motorcycle accident, florida supreme court
Orlando attorney John Morgan's minimum-wage amendment clears Florida Supreme Court
Tags: Bloggytown, minimum wage, florida supreme court, election 2020, ballot amendment, john morgan
Florida House defends marijuana law in state supreme court in high-stakes case
Tags: Bloggytown, Marijuana, Florida, Florida Supreme Court, medical marijuana, Florida House, diversion, minors
Florida Supreme Court urged to decide conservation amendment dispute
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Defenders of the Environment, Florida Supreme Court
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to end squatters' rights, increase penalties
Moody Mills 50 absinthe house Death in the Afternoon hits the bull's-eye
By Faiyaz Kara
Orange County taxpayers will have to cover OnePulse’s unpaid property tax bill
By McKenna Schueler
As opening day for the highly anticipated Epic Universe gets closer and closer, Universal Orlando continues to share information about what will…
By Alexandra Sullivan
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By Chloe Greenberg
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By Colin Wolf
Orlando Amphitheater on Saturday hosted Music Fest ORL, an outdoor concert set to feature a number of big names in the hip-hop…
By Matt Keller Lehman
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