So much for Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon's radical plan to split up the state Supreme Court and add three new justices — all of whom would have been appointed by Governor Rick Scott.
With most Democrats opposing the move, and a rumored five to nine Republicans also not favoring the measure in the Senate, that body voted on an original amendment from Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale on Monday night, that would remove those provisions but leave a requirement for Senate confirmation of Supreme Court appointments, and assure the courts funding from general revenue. It would also let the House have access to confidential judicial investigations.
