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Against Counsel: House Panel Backs Term Limits for Supreme Court and Appeals Judges

February 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The proposal would revamp a decades-old system in which Supreme Court justices and appeals-court judges do not face term limits — though they are required to go before voters every six years for merit-retention.

Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey Faces Allegation of Racist and Demeaning Comments

July 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Hulsey “offhandedly observed” to an aide that African Americans “should go get back on a ship and go back to Africa,” according to the notice of charges, and of of referring to a female staff lawyer as a “bitch” and worse.

Term Limits for Supreme Court and Appellate Judges? Measure Moving Closer to Ballot

January 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Under the proposal, members of the Supreme Court and district courts of appeal would be limited to two full six-year terms. Judges currently have to retire in the election cycle after they turn 70 years old.

Bad Judges: Florida Supreme Court Seeks to Rein in Rogues and Hotheads

June 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The number of judges facing sanctions in Florida jumped last year, and the high court is more often seeking harsher penalties than those originally proposed by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.

Proposal to Split Florida Supreme Court Faces Long Odds in the Senate

April 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The proposed constitutional amendment would create a criminal and civil supreme court, change the way justices are picked and the way the judicial system is funded, but the idea may be dying.

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