We've had this debate on the blog for many years, and there is no good solution.
We all just wanted judges who are hard-working, nice, fair and will grant a continuance!
Well, there are 5 judges on the Florida Supreme Court who are up for "retention," which means they can be voted out. But that never happens. Here's an article from the Tampa Bay Times that discusses what's up:
Five of the seven sitting justices on the Florida Supreme Court are on the November ballot for a retention vote..
Florida’s Supreme Court justices are appointed by the governor. But voters decide whether the justices should be retained; such votes are conducted in the first general election that occurs more than a year after a justice’s appointment, and again every six years.
The state’s highest court has the final say in some of the major issues facing Floridians. That includes final orders imposing the death penalty, district court decisions declaring a provision of the state Constitution or a statute invalid, certain orders from the Public Service Commission on utility rates or services, and issues that it decides are of great public importance, such as whether the privacy clause in the state’s Constitution includes abortion
The five that are up are Justices Canady, Couriel, Grosshans, Labarga, and Polston.
8 comments:
Appointed with retention elections seems to be the least bad system we have.
keep LaBarga, vote the rest of the clowns out.
Don't be surprised if the number of votes to send some packing increases in our increasingly polarized times.
Make them all run at circuit level.
If they are voted out, they get appointed by a very political governor who appointed at least 3 of them to begin with. It makes no difference. The Florida Supreme Court is a rubber stamp for the governor and the legislature. One party rule in Florida for a quarter century. It does not matter if you vote. Its like voting in North Korea. Nothing will ever change. Vote them out and more judges who are picked for a political agenda will replace them. Governors and Judges used to be proud to be impartial and pick on merits. Now its who will rubber stamp my agenda. Has anyone not read or seen the crazy opinions lately?
What a shame that the last dem candidate gor Governor opted to keep 2 million in his campaign acct for post victory partying.
Tjings would look very different if he had won
Since this is a federal blog I read the headline thinking there would be a discussion about electing federal judges.
That's why there are so few minority judges in rest of state except for Miami and Broward... it's political... what difference does it make?
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