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The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the Florida State Courts System.Its membership consists of seven justices–one of whom serves as Chief Justice–who are appointed by the Governor of Florida to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term.
To further discern the justices' ideological leanings, researchers have carefully analyzed the judicial rulings of the Supreme Court—the votes and written opinions of the justices—as well as their upbringing, their political party affiliation, their speeches, their political contributions before appointment, editorials written about them at the time of their Senate confirmation, the ...
The Court is the final arbiter of state law of Florida, and its decisions are binding authority for all other Florida state courts, as well as for federal courts when they apply Florida law. In most instances, the only appeal from the Florida Supreme Court is to the U.S. Supreme Court on questions of federal law.
Florida voters will have the final say on a constitutional amendment to guarantee access to abortion after the state's Supreme Court Monday decided to allow the question on the 2024 statewide ballot.
Abortion-rights and anti-abortion activists voice their opinions outside the Florida Supreme Court after the Court heard arguments on the proposed abortion amendment Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Boricua Party BPP 5,974 5,425 Coalition with a Purpose CPP 3,283 2,236 Ecology Party of Florida: ECO Environmentalism: 2,919 134 Party for Socialism and Liberation: PSL Communism: 1,894 209 People's Party: PEO Populism: 1,321 538 Forward Party: FFP Reformism: 496 280 Natural Law Party: NAT Transcendental meditation: Not recorded as of May 2024 ...
Carlos Genaro Muñiz (born June 25, 1969) is the chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. [1] He was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 22, 2019. Previously, he was general Counsel of the United States Department of Education .
A proposed constitutional amendment for recreational marijuana is under review by the Florida Supreme Court. It has already gotten enough signatures to get on the 2024 ballot.