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Broward Circuit reassigns Gary Farmer for making lewd comments from the bench
Farmer, in one day, told a defendant that he should wear condoms. He also recited a gay wordplay taken from an old comic sketch, but stopped short of dropping an f bomb. Broward Circuit judge Gary Farmer spoke too freely from the bench recently. He was reassigned this week to the civil court from the…
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Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
Aileen Cannon, federal judge and controversial jurist, who dismissed the criminal case involving classified documents against Donald Trump last July, failed in her disclosure of her attendance at the May 2023 banquet sponsored by a conservative legal school. Cannon attended an event in Arlington honoring late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Documents obtained by the…
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Detroit judge who had teen handcuffed for sleeping temporarily removed from docket
Detroit’s chief judge has ordered a judge to undergo training after he handcuffed a teenage girl and threatened to jail her for sleeping and acting “attitude”. The judge had the girl handcuffed because she was threatening to go to jail and slept in his court. 36th District Court Chief Judge William McConico said after the…
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NY Supreme Court Judge Mark Grisanti, who shoved cop, brawled with neighbors over parking spot, to be replaced on bench
The New York judge who was photographed shoving the police officer and fighting with his neighbors in a shirtless dispute over parking space is scheduled to be replaced shortly with a bench. Judge Mark Grisanti, an acting state Supreme Court justice in Buffalo is not in the list of 25 judicial nominees Gov. Kathy Hochul…
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More Proof of Corrupt Judges who violate the public trust
On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court removed a judge who had presided over sentencing in the Parkland mass-shooting case from a murder case involving the death penalty. The court found that she showed unfair sympathy for prosecutors in the Parkland school shooting case. The court has removed Elizabeth Scherer from the position of judge in…
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Lawmakers break Florida’s improvement streak in latest ‘Judicial Hellholes’ report
Florida’s “judicial hellhole” status has been deteriorated for the first time in four-years. What’s the problem? The Florida Legislature. The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), in its latest Judicial Hellhole Report, states that the Legislature has not done much to reduce lawsuit abuse in Florida even though Gov. The state’s litigation environment has been improved…
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Justice Francis targeted in challenges to appeals court candidates
Six candidates are facing legal challenges as they try to be appointed by the governor. Ron DeSantis was transferred to two appellate courts by plaintiffs who sought to remove Justice Renatha France, Florida Supreme Court Justice, from the cases. Original challenges were filed Nov. 17, at the Supreme Court. They claim that the candidates for…
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Florida Supreme Court Justice Grosshans recuses self in appeals court judge cases
Florida Supreme Court Justice Jamie Grosshans has resigned from cases in which six applicants for two appeals courts appointments are not eligible, the Supreme Court stated Monday. Grosshans’ husband Josh is a member of 6th District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. This commission sent names of four disputed candidates to Gov. Ron DeSantis is…
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High court orders DeSantis to pick another justice
Friday’s unanimous rejection by the Florida Supreme Court of Renatha Francis, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Renatha, was a clear signal that Renatha Francis is not the rightful addition to the high court. Governor Ron DeSantis appoints her in violation of the Florida Constitution. The court orders him to choose a new justice no later…
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Renatha Francis takes seat on the FL Supreme Court two years after first try
Renatha Francis was finally elected to the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday. This is two years after her nomination was rejected by her fellow justices. She didn’t have the minimum qualification of being a member of the Florida Bar for ten years. According to Paul Flemming, Francis took the oath in private at the Supreme…