North Country Gazette (Free subscription) | yesterday
TALLAHASSEE—Controversial Coral Gables attorney John (Jack) Bruce Thompson is among the 23 attorneys who have been disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court. Thompson, who has crusaded against pornography and violence in video games has been permanently disbarred without leave to apply for readmission, effective 30 days from a Sept. 25 court order. He was admitted [...]...
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Florida Supreme Court has heard a first-of-its-kind ethics complaint against an appellate judge for criticizing a colleague in a written opinion.
How Appealing (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Supreme Court to hear judge's ethics appeal": Yesterday's edition of The Pensacola News Journal contained a newsbrief that begins, "The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday morning will hear oral arguments in 1st District Court of Appeal Judge Michael E. Allen's...
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The Florida Supreme Court disciplined three Tampa Bay area lawyers, disbarring one for five years.
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Quick Hit: Florida Supreme Court deems adoption ban unconstitutional - Feministing Wow. Florida? A Miami-Dade circuit judge Tuesday declared Florida's 30-year-old ban on gay adoption unconstitutional, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two foster kids he has raised since 2004. Moments after Lederman released the ruling, attorneys for Florida Attorney General...
Common Mistakes (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
I know I should be more exited about the news that a judge in Florida ruled its archaic, thirty-year old gay adoption ban unconstitutional. But this case still needs to go to the Florida Supreme Court, so it's not over yet. I'm more closely concerned about what's going to happen in California. If the Court rules against gays, then the next step is getting a repeal...
PointOfLaw Forum (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The Daily Business Review reports on the Hess case, the first individual trial resulting from the Florida Supreme Court's rejection (discussed by plenty of us on this blog, in the day) of the massive Engle v Liggett class action against...
Feministing (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Via Queers United From the Miami-Herald: A Miami-Dade circuit judge Tuesday declared Florida's 30-year-old ban on gay adoption unconstitutional, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two foster kids he has raised since 2004. Moments after Lederman released the ruling,...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
A judge in Florida has ruled that a gay man can adopt his two foster children, despite a state law banning homosexuals from adopting.
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
A Miami trial judge's ruling allowing a gay man to adopt two foster children appears headed for the Florida Supreme Court and a test that could overturn the last complete ban of gay adoption in the nation.
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
This morning, a Miami-Dade child welfare judge is expected to rule on the constitutionality of Florida's law banning gay adoption. "Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman heard testimony from Oct. 1-6 over Frank Gill's petition to adopt the two foster children...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Florida Supreme Court is hearing a first-of-its-kind ethics complaint against an appellate judge for criticizing a colleague in a written opinion.
The Republic of T. (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s been while since I’ve posted another installment in this series, but there seems no better time, given the ongoing controversy over same-sex marriage and the verdict on the Florida gay adoption ban. At the time I wrote: Like I said, make no mistake about it. They’re coming after our families next. If they can’t break [...]
Electoral Vote Predictor (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Appeals Court Sends OH-15 Case Back to State Supreme Court The Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals sent the battle over provisional ballots in the hotly contested OH-15 race back to the state courts according to a story in the Columbus Dispatch. The case centers on 1000 disputed provisional ballots in Franklin County, the home base of the Democratic candidate, Mary...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
We were going to write you up a nice “The Florida Supreme Court for Dummies” post, but in its research found itself caught up in tangents. Our interest was spurred in part by yesterday’s overturn of the gay adoption by a Miami judge (as well as by future Crist appointments). The issue will likely find [...]
