Two Florida Supreme Court judges and 23 District Appeals Court judges faced merit retention. "Yes" votes mean they stay on the bench. While the governor appoints Florida Supreme Court justices ...

Although Florida Supreme Court justices don’t receive lifetime appointments, they’re allowed to serve until they turn 75.

Gaetz spent his first weekend after a failed bid to become President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney General ...

Jim Apthorp – a Tallahassee native who served three governors and helped draft Florida’s open government law – died Tuesday.

In this role, she represented the Governor in litigation before the Florida Supreme Court, the First District Court of Appeal, and state and federal trial courts, among other duties. "She is a ...

Here’s what to know. After a Florida Supreme Court justice is appointed by the governor, they are put up for a statewide ...

Florida Supreme Court justices are first appointed to the court by the governor from a list of three to six names submitted by a Judicial Nominating Commission. The governor must select a new ...

Florida's incoming governor, Ron DeSantis, received a shortlist of nominees to replace three state Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, which could reshape the ideological bent of the state's highest ...

In this role, she represented the Governor in litigation before the Florida Supreme Court, the First District Court of Appeal, and state and federal trial courts, among other duties. "She is a ...

Pro-choice activists marching in Miami, Florida on 24 June Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ... upon another ruling from Florida's Supreme Court. Florida's highest court is hearing ...

Cole lost his fight for post-conviction relief. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant last month. Cole filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court days before his scheduled ...

Francis, the first Jamaican American to serve on the Florida Supreme Court, also voted to uphold ... as all were appointed by Republican governors. Barry University political science Professor ...