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1. Fla. allows six-week abortion ban; voters will decide at polls

Author

Kuchar, Savannah

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Abortion -- Political aspects, Ballot -- Planning, Reproductive rights -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Planning, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY Abortion will officially be on the ballot in Florida this fall after the state's Supreme Court issued one ruling approving a ballot measure that could [...]

Published
2024

2. Takeaways from Florida's abortion rulings

Author

Garrison, Joey

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Abortion -- Political aspects, Ballot -- Planning, Reproductive rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Company business planning, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Florida is the new ground zero in the nation's battle over abortion access following a pair of decisions by the Florida Supreme Court [...]

Published
2024

3. Florida Court Allows Six-Week Ban on Abortion

Author

Mazzei, Patricia

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Abortion -- Political aspects, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Reproductive rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Privacy issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Florida Supreme Court found that the State Constitution's privacy protections do not extend to abortion. But it also allowed a ballot question on whether to expand abortion access. The [...]

Published
2024

4. Florida's Top Court Weighs Upholding Abortion Limit

Author

Mazzei, Patricia

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Privacy, Right of -- Cases, Abortion -- Political aspects, Reproductive rights -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, American Civil Liberties Union -- Cases, Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- Cases
Abstract

Several justices questioned whether Florida's constitutional privacy rights extend to abortion, as has been longstanding legal precedent. The Florida Supreme Court's conservative justices repeatedly questioned on Friday whether the state's [...]

Published
2023

5. Florida's conservative chief justice once affirmed abortion protections

Author

Reinhard, Beth and Kitchener, Caroline

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Privacy, Right of -- Laws, regulations and rules, Chief justices -- Powers and duties, Abortion -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Beth Reinhard and Caroline Kitchener Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a strict abortion ban hours after it overwhelmingly passed the Republican-led legislature this month - yet whether the [...]

Published
2023

6. Mixed Bag

Author

Garcia, Jason

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Amendments (Parliamentary practice), Constitutional law -- Interpretation and construction, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

The Constitution Revision Commission, which meets every 20 years, has proposed eight constitutional amendments--many combining multiple measures. Five single-topic proposals from the Legislature or citizens were already slated for the [...]

Published
2018

7. Florida Judge Is Set to Block Electoral Map By DeSantis

Author

Mazzei, Patricia

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Suffrage -- Political aspects, Blacks -- Civil rights, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The final decision on the map, which would give Republicans a considerable advantage in the state, could ultimately lie with the State Supreme Court. MIAMI -- A state judge in [...]

Published
2022

8. The operation and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Florida.

Author

Anstead, Harry Lee, Kogan, Gerald, Hall, Thomas D., and Waters, Robert Craig

Subjects
Judicial power -- Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial process -- Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial discretion -- Laws, regulations and rules, State courts -- Powers and duties, Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Government regulation
Published
2005

9. The Florida Supreme Court in the 2000 presidential election: ambiguity, ideology, and signaling in a judicial hierarchy

Author

Brace, Paul and Langer, Laura

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, United States -- Elections, Presidents -- Elections, Elections -- 2000 AD, Judges -- Powers and duties, Political science
Abstract

This article examines the nature of the Florida Supreme Court judicial decision-making process during the contentious 2000 presidential election. Topics include the relationship between the US Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court, and how the judges' ideological preferences may have influenced their decisions.

Published
2001

11. Critical juncture: the bar's new president keeps a close eye on the Constitution Revision Commission

Author

Martinez, Amy

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Chairpersons -- Political activity, Presidential elections -- Political aspects, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

These days, Michael Higer is often reminded of something his late mentor, former Florida Supreme Court Justice Arthur England, was fond of saying: 'If you want something done, give it [...]

Published
2017

12. U-turn on vouchers: Florida courts uphold tax credits

Author

Dunn, Joshua

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Educational finance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Scholarships (Financial aid) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tax credits -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Education, Social sciences
Abstract

In January, the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge to the state's Tax Credit Scholarship Program, thereby preserving financial aid opportunities for thousands of low-income students to attend private [...]

Published
2017

13. Florida Supreme Court says state's new death penalty law is unconstitutional

Author

Berman, Mark

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Capital punishment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mark Berman Just seven months after Florida revamped its death penalty law, the state's Supreme Court struck down the new statute as unconstitutional because it does not require juries [...]

Published
2016

14. Florida justices weigh case that could empty out death row

Author

Berman, Mark

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Capital punishment -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Life imprisonment -- Cases -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mark Berman Among the dwindling handful of states that still carry out executions, Florida remains a bastion of capital punishment, carrying out more executions and holding more death-row inmates [...]

Published
2016

15. Big Tobacco Wins A Big One

Author

Maurer, Harry

Subjects
Company legal issue, Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Judicial opinions -- Analysis, State courts -- Powers and duties, Tobacco industry -- Cases, Judgments
Published
2006

16. Tobacco May Be Partying Too Soon; It won big in Florida. But huge lawsuits remain, and legal action is revving up around the globe

Author

Woellert, Lorraine, Sasseen, Jane, and Byrnes, Nanette

Subjects
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Market trend/market analysis, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Class actions (Civil procedure) -- Forecasts and trends, Compensation (Law) -- Analysis, Judicial opinions -- Analysis, Racketeering -- Cases, Racketeering -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tobacco industry -- Cases, Trials -- Analysis
Published
2006

17. Florida Justices Reject 70-Year Sentence for Juvenile, Likening It to Life Term

Author

Eckholm, Erik

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Murder -- Cases, Prison sentences -- Laws, regulations and rules, Criminal suspects -- Cases, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man who received 70 years in prison without parole for an attempted murder at the age of 14. [...]

Published
2015

18. Florida voters to decide errors, malpractice matters

Author

Physician, Modern

Subjects
Government regulation, Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Medical errors -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract

Byline: Modern Physician The Florida Supreme Court will allow voters to decide several proposed constitutional amendments that focus on medical errors and malpractice insurance. The state's high court decided last [...]

Published
2004

19. Florida: Court Rules Against Unions On Pensions

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Labor unions -- Cases -- Florida, Pension funds -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The State Supreme Court sided on Thursday with the governor and lawmakers and ruled as constitutional a 2011 law that overhauled the state pension system, requiring a 3 percent payroll [...]

Published
2013

20. G.O.P. Aims to Remake Florida Supreme Court

Author

Alvarez, Lizette

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Florida -- Political aspects, Electioneering -- Planning, Supreme Court justices -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Political campaigns -- Planning, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

MIAMI -- In a bid to remake Florida's judiciary, Republicans are asking voters to oust three state Supreme Court justices and give the Legislature greater power over Supreme Court appointments [...]

Published
2012

21. A Battle for Florida's Courts

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Judicial selection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Under Florida's system of choosing Supreme Court justices, the governor makes the initial appointments, then voters get to decide every six years whether to keep them. This system of ''retention [...]

Published
2012

22. Oct. 6, 2008. Florida high court rejects curb on medical staff rights

Author

Sorrel, Amy Lynn

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Medical personnel -- Laws, regulations and rules, Hospitals -- Administration, Hospitals -- Laws, regulations and rules, Hospital/clinic administration software, Government regulation, Health
Abstract

The Florida Supreme Court delivered a significant victory to physicians that safeguards medical staff bylaws and halts what doctors feared was a dangerous precedent for hospitals to use to eviscerate [...]

Published
2008

25. DECISION 2000 / AMERICA WAITS; Role Reversals in Filings With High Court; Strategy: Asking justices to intervene in Florida vote has GOP abandoning states' rights stance. Democrats do about-face in trying to keep federal finger out of the pie

Author

Savage, David G. and Weinstein, Henry

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Florida -- Politics and government, Presidential candidates -- Political activity, Elections -- Statistics, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2000

26. Florida's justices went too far

Author

Rosen, Jeffrey

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects
Abstract

In a bold example of judicial activism, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the technical requirements of state election law are less important than vindicating the will of the […]

Published
2000

27. Drama in Tallahassee

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Trials -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Elections -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Voting -- Analysis -- Political aspects, Tallahassee, Florida -- Political aspects
Abstract

The two-and-a-half-hour hearing conducted yesterday by the Florida Supreme Court had a seriousness suitable to the task of setting vote-counting rules that may well determine the outcome of the presidential […]

Published
2000

28. Divergent views are argued on the function of the court

Author

Glaberson, William

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects, Attorneys -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Lawyers offered the Florida Supreme Court two starkly different views yesterday, not just of the historic case before it but of the role of the courts in American life. From […]

Published
2000

29. No one spared as the justices look for an end

Author

Firestone, David

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Trials -- Analysis -- Statistics -- Political aspects, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects -- Analysis, Judges -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties
Abstract

About two minutes into the Florida Supreme Court's bracing session today, Chief Justice Charles T. Wells began arching his long eyebrows, squinting skeptically, and leaning forward restlessly in his chair […]

Published
2000

30. Florida's justices zero in on recount deadlines; counts continuing; Democrats seek wider standards for tallies in two counties

Author

Van Natta, Jr., Don

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Statistics, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects
Abstract

The Florida Supreme Court sharply challenged lawyers for Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush on parallel tracks today, asking the Republicans to justify a state deadline that […]

Published
2000

31. Bush vs. Florida

Author

Elhauge, Einer

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties
Abstract

The lawsuit by George W. Bush challenging Florida's manual recount has had a rough reception. A federal appellate court declined on Friday to issue an injunction while the matter is […]

Published
2000

32. Democrats weigh options in 'endgame discussions'

Author

Seelye, Katharine Q.

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties
Abstract

Democratic allies of Vice President Al Gore, including his running mate, left open the possibility today of further litigation in Florida if the state Supreme Court disallows hand-counted ballots, but […]

Published
2000

33. An evolving legal maze; tangled issues and no clear exit

Author

Greenhouse, Linda

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Statistics, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Statistics, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects
Abstract

For a brief interval late Friday afternoon, it appeared that the electoral stalemate in Florida might finally be headed toward something approaching a definitive judicial resolution in the State Supreme […]

Published
2000

34. Recounts drag on; court battle lines are drawn; law versus intent; Bush says deadline is strict as Gore seeks tallying standard

Author

Purdum, Todd S. and Firestone, David

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Elections -- Statistics -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Political activity -- Powers and duties
Abstract

With the Florida Supreme Court set to hear arguments on the fate of hand recounts of the presidential vote, election workers in two Florida counties today resumed the laborious manual […]

Published
2000

37. The Florida Supreme Court will weigh the scope of privacy protections in Florida's constitution against the interests of prosecutors

Author

Dunnigan, Pat

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Radio broadcasters -- Cases, Privacy, Right of -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, regional
Abstract

The Florida Supreme Court will weigh the scope of privacy protections in Florida's constitution against the interests of prosecutors. The case involves doctor-shopping allegations against syndicated talk radio personality Rush [...]

Published
2005

39. Keeping a worried eye on the calander

Author

Apple, R.W., Jr.

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Elections -- Calendars, Judges -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Voting -- Statistics
Published
2000

40. No decision issued; lawyers for both sides answer skeptical and pointed questions

Author

Purdum, Todd S.

Subjects
Florida. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, Republican Party (United States) -- Political activity, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity, Elections -- Statistics, Judges -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Attorneys -- Testimony, Florida -- Politics and government
Published
2000

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