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The Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis was right to eliminate a North Florida seat drawn 'predominantly' on race.
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Florida carries out its 18th execution of the year, puts to death man convicted in 1989 murder
Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone. The Florida Supreme Court later vacated the sentence but affirmed the conviction, and Geralds was resentenced to death in 1992.
The Florida Supreme Court recently disciplined eight attorneys, including Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman.
Top Republicans insist redistricting is contingent on pending ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on voting rights.
The Supreme Court of Florida certified on Wednesday the need for 25 additional trial court judges, six of whom would preside in South Florida, for the fiscal year 2026-2027.
Leon Schools asked the high court to reject appeal alleging rights were violated when child sought different gender identity, pronouns.
Nine lawyers were disciplined this month for various infractions of conduct in Florida. The punishment was issued by the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar and its division of Lawyer Regulation. Eight of those lawyers were suspended while one was reprimanded after they were found to have engaged in misconduct,
We would encourage you to get your application in early, so that we can have more time as a commission,” said Chair Jesse Panuccio, a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner.
Florida Supreme Court sides with FAU in a dispute over Harbor Branch board appointments and budget control for its affiliated foundation.
Florida Senate President Ben Albritton likes Gov. Ron DeSantis' idea about waiting until later in spring to conduct congressional redistricting.
A pending ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the 1965 Voting Rights Act could trigger the Florida Legislature to conduct a mid-decade congressional redistricting effort, but it won’t require them to do so.
The man convicted in 2018 of the rape and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle -- in one of Jacksonville’s most high-profile cases -- is once again asking for a new trial.