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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.
Florida Supreme Court Justice Meredith L. Sasso speaks during a hearing of oral arguments at the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The hearing regards Florida's redistricting map ...
Florida voters will decide this election whether they want to retain two Florida Supreme Court justices. Get to know Renatha Francis.
Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, the term "associate justice" is never used to describe the sitting Florida justices. 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.
Justice [1] Born District [a] Joined Chief Justice Term ends Mandatory retirement [b] Appointed by Law school Carlos G. Muñiz, Chief Justice June 25, 1969 (age 55) First: January 22, 2019: 2022–present January 5, 2027: 2044 Ron DeSantis (R) Yale: Charles Canady June 22, 1954 (age 70) Second: September 8, 2008: 2018–2022; 2010–2012
Florida’s state Supreme Court sided with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and denied an effort by a Democratic state attorney to be reinstated after she was removed from office last year. The ...
Incumbent Supreme Court Justices Charles T. Canady, John D. Couriel, Jamie Grosshans, Jorge Labarga, and Ricky Polston were all up for a retention vote in 2022. All of the justices were retained, allowing each to serve for six more years (Justice Labarga will reach the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 2027). [4]
Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Dobbs decision in 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating a federal right to abortion while putting the issue to the states, Florida passed a series ...