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Merit Retention — Justices Add Balance

09/25/2012
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Who wants to go to a sporting event, where it is predetermined which team wins and loses?   Imagine a baseball game where a select group of people get together behind closed doors, and decide the score before the first pitch is thrown.  Such a “bought and paid for” game is […]

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Republican Extremists, Merit Retention and Farm Animals

09/24/2012
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Just in case even the slightest doubt remained about whether extremists have succeeded in high jacking control of the Republican Party, Friday’s announcement of opposition to the retention of three Florida Supreme Court Justices eliminates that doubt. Justices Pariente, Quince, and Lewis just received 90% approval ratings in a statewide […]

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What is Merit Retention of Judges in Florida?

08/22/2012
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Many states have their vacancies for judges filled through a typical election. Candidates file, they campaign (to the extent they are ethically allowed), and the candidate with the most votes assumes the office of judge. That is the way we in Florida handle all judicial positions except those judges in […]

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Don’t Be a Newt

12/28/2011
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Newt Gingrich has, over the years, allowed his mouth to engage before he placed his brain in gear. “Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.” Edmund Burke. His recent comments about hauling judges into congress, arresting judges who […]

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In Defense of Home…the Rules Should Apply

04/11/2011
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If you and I enter into a contract and one of us believes the other has defaulted under the contract, the party believing they have been wronged can file a lawsuit and ask the Court for a solution to their cause(s) of action. That is a right guaranteed in the […]

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