Florida Supreme Court: Gov. Ron DeSantis must make new Supreme Court justice pick by Monday evening
Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice by 5 p.m. Monday because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Monday. The Florida Supreme Court ordered DeSantis to appoint another judge by Monday, nullifying the appointment of Judge Renatha Francis. After DeSantis did not make another appointment by noon on Monday, the Florida Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus ordering him to do so by 5 p.m. after missing the previous deadline. DeSantis acknowledged the shortfall at the time, but said she wouldn’t be sworn in until Sept. 24, the day she would meet the requirement. The Supreme Court said that DeSantis was required to name a constitutionally eligible new justice within 60 days of the resignation of former Justice Robert Luck.
Florida Supreme Court orders Gov. DeSantis to pick new justice
Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Friday. The Florida Supreme Court ordered DeSantis to appoint another judge by Monday, nullifying the appointment of Judge Renatha Francis. Francis would have been the first Caribbean-American justice to serve on the court. But the state constitution requires that a justice be a member of the Florida Bar for at least 10 years, and Francis was four months shy when DeSantis appointed her in May. The Supreme Court said that DeSantis was required to name a new justice within 60 days of the resignation of former Justice Robert Luck.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vigorously defends pick for Supreme Court
Ron DeSantis sternly criticized a Black Democratic lawmaker for challenging his pick of a Jamaican-American woman for the Supreme Court, saying Wednesday that if the representative wins her case, there will be no Black justices on the high court. The problem I have in this case, is this particular representative has been somebody thats been very vocal about wanting to have a Black justice on the Florida Supreme Court. If sworn in, Francis would become the first Caribbean-American to serve on Florida's Supreme Court. She has since refiled the petition asking justices to nullify Francis's appointment and have DeSantis pick a candidate from the original list. I want to take a moment to speak to Rep. Thompson, Black woman to Black woman, said Democratic Rep. Dotie Joseph.