Florida Supreme Court

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Florida Supreme Court knocks 3 amendments off ballot Bizjournals.com - 1 hour ago The Florida Supreme Court has unanimously barred three proposed state constitutional amendments from appearing on the November ballot. Justices Quash Voucher, Tax Swap Amendments Brandon News and Tribune High Court strikes down Amendment 5 Tampa Bay Business Journal MiamiHerald.com  - People For the American Way  - Capitol News Service  - Central Florida Political Pulse all 114 news articles ...

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TALLAHASEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court is getting a challenge to a ballot proposal that would trade a property tax cut for increases in other taxes. ...

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The appointee, Charles T. Canady, while in Congress, was also a staunch opponent of abortion and pushed legislation to aid churches in zoning disputes. ...

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Gov. Charlie Crist named Charles T. Canady as his first appointment to the Florida Supreme Court. ...

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The Florida Supreme Court is to decide the fate of the Amendment 5 tax swap plan. ...

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The Florida Supreme Court has unanimously barred three proposed state constitutional amendments from appearing on the November ballot. ...

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Congratulations to former Republican congressman, and sitting state appellate judge, Charles Canady, whom Florida governor Charlie Crist appointed las... . . . ...

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TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greenberg Traurig Attorney Kimberly A. Mello, a shareholder in the firm’s Tampa office, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of ...

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The finalists for two Florida Supreme Court vacancies include a West Palm Beach judge and a former U.S. Congressman from Lakeland. ...

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Seizing an unprecedented opportunity to shape the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Charlie Crist began wiping away the last remnant of Democratic power in Tallahassee on Thursday by naming the first of four justices he will appoint during the next year. ...

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By Josh Hafenbrack TALLAHASSEE - The state Supreme Court today removed a multi-billion tax swap plan from the November ballot, just hours after a majority of justices argued forcefully during courtroom arguments that the voter summary for Amendment 5 was... ...

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Gov. Charlie Crist has selected 2nd District Court of Appeal Judge Charles Canady as his first appointment for a pair of Florida Supreme Court openings. ...

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TALLAHASSEE, FL -- The Florida Supreme Court has moved up hearings on challenges to three proposed state constitutional amendments to meet a Sept. 5 ballot deadline. ...

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With nine proposed amendments to the State constitution set for a vote this November, the ballot was looking a little crowded. The Florida Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, gave the ballot a little bit of breathing room by removing three. Two of the barred amendments would have allowed state funding of religious and other private institutions. The other would have cut 25 percent from homeowners' property tax bills. The amendments were placed on the ballot by the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, a body that meets once every 20 years. The Court ruled that the commission overstepped its powers by doing so. Voters still have a lot of other issues to weigh in on at the polls. Six other amendments remain, including one outlawing gay marriage. - -Kyle Munzenrieder ...

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State hailed today’s ruling by the Florida Supreme Court removing two ballot amendments that would have erased religious freedom safeguards and harmed public schools in the state. The lawsuit, Ford v. Browning, filed by Americans United and other civil liberties and education groups in June, asserted the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission exceeded its authority by approving both ballot amendments and that one of the amendments is worded in a misleading manner. “This ruling puts an end to a dangerous assault on the religious liberty rights of all Floridians,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. “These reckless and deceptive amendments had no business being on the ballot in the first place, and we’re glad to see them go.” Lynn noted that former Gov. Jeb Bush engineered the placement of the amendments on the ballot. If approved, they would have permitted voucher subsidies for religious and other private schools in Florida and eliminated the state constitution’s language barring tax aid to religion, opening up massive new streams of public funding to private religious schools and houses of worship. “Religious liberty and public education are two cornerstones of the American way of life, and these amendments would have badly damaged both of them,” said Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, a plaintiff in the lawsuit and vice president of Americans United. “We’re glad the Florida ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 17 days ago
Florida Supreme Court is getting a challenge against a ballot proposal that would trade a massive property tax cut for increases in other taxes.The 1st District Court of Appeal on Tuesday agreed to pa... ...

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Clinton Impeachment Manager Is Named to Florida Supreme Court ...

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The Florida Supreme Court's judicial nominating commission forwarded eight names for Gov. ...