By Daphne Duret An appellate court Tuesday dismissed a judge’s decision last month ordering The Palm Beach Post to remove from a story and transcripts of recorded calls from a jailhouse informant from the newspaper’s website. Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal released the decision just after Circuit Judge Jack Cox held a brief hearing with […]
Judge’s ruling violates the First Amendment – Tallahassee Democrat
The Tallahassee Democrat and the Florida Society of News Editors are deeply troubled by the ruling of Circuit Judge Jack Schramm Cox in Palm Beach County that ordered the removal of published material from the website of the Palm Beach Post. We urge Judge Cox to rescind his order censoring the media and to affirm […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet will spend up to $50,000 for Cabinet counsel – Bradenton Herald
Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet voted Tuesday to spend up to $50,000 in additional legal fees for an outside counsel to represent the Cabinet, the fifth named defendant in a lawsuit by more than a dozen news outlets over the ouster of former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey. Scott and all three Cabinet members are […]
