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Mitch PerryFebruary 15, 2018

Kristen Rosen Gonzalez is responding to the shooting in Broward County that left 17 dead by calling on Congress to enact a $2 per bullet excise tax to be used to retrofit schools and help with the treatment of victims of gun violence. The Miami Beach City Commissioner and candidate for Florida’s 27th Congressional District said […]

Ana CeballosNovember 21, 2017

As the state continued its fight to keep a law requiring women to see a doctor and wait 24 hours before getting an abortion on Tuesday, its latest argument included the comparison that if there are waiting periods for cremations and divorces, abortions should have them too. As it stands now, women do not have […]

Scott PowersJune 6, 2017

Attorneys for Orlando’s State Attorney Aramis Ayala and Gov. Rick Scott will give their oral arguments on June 28 in the legal battle over the death penalty in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Each side is being given 20 minutes that day in oral arguments in the case that both sides and multiple friends of the […]

Brendan FarringtonMay 29, 2017

Lucy McBath is afraid many more people will die if Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs a bill making it harder to prosecute when people claim they commit violence in self-defense. She already lost her son, an unarmed black teenager, when a white man angry over loud music and claiming self-defense fired 10 times at an […]

Martin DyckmanMay 9, 2017

When the Florida Constitution Revision Commission was debating the election of judges 20 years ago, I sat in the gallery to hear my own words used to attack something that my editorials and columns consistently had supported. The issue was whether all trial judges should be chosen exclusively by appointment, without elections, in the same […]

Associated PressApril 25, 2017

Sure enough, the big trans-Pacific trade deal is toast, climate change action is on the ropes and various regulations from the Obama era have been scrapped. It’s also a safe bet President Donald Trump hasn’t raced a bicycle since Jan. 20, keeping that vow. Add a Supreme Court justice — no small feat — and […]

Martin DyckmanApril 9, 2017

It’s a paradox in America’s ongoing experiment with self-government that we depend on the weakest branch of government to defend us from the more powerful ones. The Founders gave a lot of thought and ink to this. Writing in the Federalist, Alexander Hamilton pointed out that the judiciary would always be “least dangerous” to the […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2017

The Latest on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court (all times local): 2:35 p.m. A divided Senate panel is backing Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. The Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 along party lines on Monday to favorably recommend Gorsuch to the full Senate. A confirmation vote is expected on Friday, but […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017

The national Democrat Party stands at a defining crossroads. In the wake of an epic fail over health care on the part of Republicans in Congress and the dilettantes in the White House, Democrats have a choice to make: either become a reprehensible copycat “Party of No” or embark on a nobler path for the common […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2017

Florida Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran are Republican lawyers. But the similarities start to drift from there. Negron calls himself boring and is the quiet, deliberative type. Corcoran likes listening to music at top volume, and his approach to leadership reflects that. The Associated Press interviewed each separately about their backgrounds, […]

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Florida congressional candidate calls for bullet excise tax to make schools safer

State keeps fighting for suspended law requiring 24-hour abortion waiting periods

Supreme Court sets oral arguments in Aramis Ayala-Rick Scott case

Florida could pave new changes in ‘stand your ground’ laws

Martin Dyckman: Judges are not politicians, nor should they play politics

Donald Trump’s 100-days promises: Fewer than half carried out

Martin Dyckman: Who needs strong, independent courts? We do.

Judiciary panel votes 11-9 in favor of Neil Gorsuch

Michael Richardson: Is there an adult in the room?

Florida’s legislative leaders talk issues, personalities