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.
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2011.