Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2019
15min1275
"...Drove me mad by insisting on strictly observing speed limits."
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Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2019
Michael MolineJuly 26, 2018
5min260
A state appellate court, for the second time in four years, has upheld Gov. Rick Scott’s authority to fill a judicial seat left vacant when a judge resigned before qualifying opened to fill the slot via election. The 1st District Court of Appeal had ruled in the same way against the same appellant, Jacksonville attorney […]
Jim RosicaAugust 11, 2016
4min291
Lingering judicial vacancies aren’t causing a crisis in Florida’s federal courts — yet. That’s the upshot of a new study out Thursday from Integrity Florida, a government watchdog group. The state has four* unfilled U.S. district judgeships out of 37. That’s only an 11 percent vacancy here, which tracks with 10 percent of the nation’s 677 district […]