A bitter legal feud over Florida’s political landscape has now made its way to the United States Supreme Court. An emergency petition was filed Wednesday with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that asked him to stop a Florida judge from hearing evidence obtained from a Republican political consulting firm. The Florida Supreme Court ruled […]
Turkeys – Tallahassee Democrat
When Florida TaxWatch unveiled its 2014 Budget Turkey Report recently, it wheeled out a new prop, Turkey Tina. Perhaps the lanky old Turkey Tom ruffled a few too many feathers. After TaxWatch published its list of questionable legislative expenditures last year, Senate budget chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, called it “a tired media gimmick” and Senate […]
Fla. Supreme Court allows evidence at trial – Tallahassee Democrat
A divided Florida Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that groups suing the Legislature over new political maps may use key evidence obtained from a Republican political consulting firm at an ongoing trial, but also said that evidence must not be disclosed in open court. The decision overturned an appeals court decision that had blocked the […]