Gov. Ron DeSantis Stays Quiet On COVID-19 Liability Issues July 21, 2020 at 10:29 pm TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Twenty-one Republican governors sent a letter this week to congressional leaders arguing that businesses, health care workers and schools need lawsuit protections because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not sign on. Congress is considering […]
DESANTIS STAYS QUIET ON LIABILITY ISSUES July 21, 2020 – Christine Sexton TALLAHASSEE — Twenty-one Republican governors sent a letter this week to congressional leaders arguing that businesses, health care workers and schools need lawsuit protections because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not sign on. Congress is considering another […]
Florida Supreme Court conservatives reverse longstanding criminal protections. It’s ‘alarming,’ defense lawyers say By MONIVETTE CORDEIRO ORLANDO SENTINEL | JUN 08, 2020 Gov. Ron DeSantis’ two new picks for the Florida Supreme Court represent diversity of gender and ethnicity, but not ideology.Both are members of the Federalist Society. So were the two justices they replaced. So […]
Gov. DeSantis names Couriel, Francis to Florida Supreme Court June 04, 2020 BY ANA CEBALLOS – News Service of Florida COURIEL Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed John Couriel and Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, choosing two justices expected to cement the court’s conservative majority for years to come. DeSantis said the appointments, made May […]
Gov. DeSantis announces two Florida Supreme Court appointments Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named Miami attorney John Couriel and Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court. (Copyright 2020 by WJXT News4Jax – All rights reserved.) Staff, News Service of Florida Published: May 26, 2020, 12:53 pm – Updated: May 26, 2020, 5:04 […]
FLORIDA RECORD Appointment of Francis, Couriel expands Florida high court’s diversity By Michael Carroll | May 27, 2020 Judge Renatha Francis will take her seat on the Florida Supreme Court in September. MIAMI – Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded cultural diversity on the Florida Supreme Court and highlighted the concept of judicial restraint Monday when he named Caribbean-American […]
2 South Floridians Are Now Among the Most Powerful Judges in the State, Having Risen to Florida Supreme Court A South Florida judge and Miami litigator will soon be state Supreme Court Justices. By Raychel Lean | May 26, 2020 at 02:27 PM L-R Renatha Francis and John Couriel. Courtesy photos. Florida Gov. Ron […]
Conservatives Back Ron DeSantis Naming Two New Justices to Florida Supreme Court By KEVIN DERBY -05.27.20 This week, conservatives applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis naming two new justices to the Florida Supreme Court On Tuesday, DeSantis announced that South Florida Judge Renatha Francis will take the seat held by former Justice Robert Luck who was named to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh […]
Praise rolls in for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Supreme Court picks The son of Cuban immigrants and the first Caribbean American will join Florida’s Supreme Court. By Jason Delgado on May 26, 2020 Reactions to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ two new picks for the Florida Supreme Court are pouring in from across the state. On Tuesday, DeSantis announced the appointment of Judge Renatha […]
Desantis Taps Couriel, Francis For Supreme Court May 26, 2020 – Ana Ceballos TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday appointed John Couriel and Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, choosing two justices expected to cement the court’s conservative majority for years to come. DeSantis said the appointments came two months late because […]