100 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY! FLORIDA COULD HAVE A JEB-MAJORITY SUPREME COURT IN 2003!

The Liberal, Socialist-Leaning Supreme Court of Florida ^

[Recovering_Democrat]

4 of 7 Scofflaws on Florida's Supreme Court CAN BE GONE BY 2003: One is voluntarily leaving in 2002, 2 more face retention votes, and a fourth is facing MANDATORY retirement in 2003! Merit Retention & Mandatory Retirement
Of Justices Of the Supreme Court

Merit retention is a system of selecting Justices established by the voters when they amended the Florida Constitution in the 1970s. Under merit retention, the Governor appoints new Justices from a list of three to six names submitted by a Judicial Nominating Commission. The Governor must select from the list. Once appointed, Justices eventually must face the voters in a "yes" or "no" vote as to whether they should remain in office.

New Justices face their first merit retention vote in the next general election that occurs more than one year after their appointment. If not retained in office, the Justice will be replaced in the same manner appointed.

If retained, the Justice serves a six-year term beginning in early January following the merit retention election. The Justices then will again face an up or down vote in the general election occurring just before the six-year term expires. If not retained in office, the Justice will be replaced through the Judicial Nominating Commission system.

All terms of Justices end in early January of the year following their merit retention elections.

The Florida Constitution establishes a mandatory retirement age for Justices that occurs on or after their 70th birthdays. The exact date of retirement depends upon when the 70th birthday occurs. If it occurs during the first half of a Justice's six-year term, then the mandatory retirement age is the same as the birthday. If the 70th birthday occurs in the second half of a Justice's six-year term, then the Justice can remain in office until the full term expires.

Information About Current Justices

LEANDER J. SHAW, JR. Appointed1983- Mandatory retirement 2003
MAJOR B. HARDING Appointed 1991- Voluntary retirement 2002
CHARLES T. WELLS Appointed1994- Merit retention vote 2002
HARRY LEE ANSTEAD Appointed1994- Merit retention vote 2002
BARBARA J. PARIENTE Appointed 1997- Merit retention vote 2006
R. FRED LEWIS Appointed 1999- Merit retention vote 2006
PEGGY A. QUINCE Appointed 1999- Merit retention vote 2006

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All inquiries about this page:

 Craig Waters, (850) 414-7641, s/c 994-7641, watersc@flcourts.org

[Recovering_Democrat]

FLORIDA FREEPERS!
You must vote out Wells and Anstead in 2002: let Jeb appoint Constitutionalists to replace these two. Jeb has already replaced Harding with a fine judge.

Leander Shaw faces MANDATORY retirement next year, and when Jeb wins re-election, he'll be able to replace a FOURTH SCOFF-LAW with someone who is a believer in equal justice under the law, and there will be a conservative majority on the Supreme Court of Florida for the first time in years!!!!

FLORIDA
MUST
VOTE
TO
REMOVE
ANSTEAD
AND
WELLS
IN
100
DAYS!

[katykelly]

I'll bump to that!

[Dialup Llama]

Being a Republican Jeb will nominate some Dems or Liberal Repubs so that he can be well thought of. Repubs are a great minority party. They talk real big but don't know what to do when they get in office.

[OldFriend]

I wish I could remember his name, but there was a WONDERFUL democrat judge on the Floriduh Supreme Court. He was a good American and followed the LAW, as opposed to some of the other hacks on the Court.

[Recovering_Democrat]

yeah, you're right. let's just elect socialists. </ sarcasm>

[visitor]

ARE THE 7 JUSTICES OF FLORIDA'S SUPREME COURT FIT TO SERVE? ...rto

[not-alone]

I don't think so!

[volchef]

Pubbies are NOT a minority party in FL. The state assembly is overwhelmingly Republican. Jeb is a good conservative, in many ways MUCh more so than his brother George. He'll nominate some good ones I'm sure. Summer-I sent this to you to ping all other FL freepers. RID FLA OF LIBERAL JUDGES!!! Thanks

[Rome2000]

Vote out the embarassing Florida donkey kangaroo "Supreme" Court.

Bunch of crooked jackasses with no shame.

[not-alone]

This court was a problem even before the recount.

[Libertina]

Wasn't that Judge Saul Sanders?

[Redleg Duke]

Do you take medication to enable you to whine like this?

[Libertina]

Sanders Saul???

[floriduh voter]

I started my own sample ballot so I don't have post-it notes all over myself when I go to vote. Wells - No and Anstead - No. I thought one of them was retiring. Guess I was mistaken?

[floriduh voter]

Judge Saul Sanders was the Circuit Court Judge in Tallahassee, a democrat, who followed the rule of law and decided against the recounts. Remember the ridiculous statisticians Algor hired who made up stuff on their exhibits? All of Algor's experts were full of it.

[floriduh voter]

Good evening folks, just a little ping regarding the Florida Supremes and bttt.

[ohioWfan]

Do you take medication to enable you to whine like this?

LOL! Good one, Redleg!!

I was just going to ask him if nobody loved him, or he was having a bad hair day, so that such good news was negative to him, but your 'whining medication' line was much better! Thanks!

[Libertina]

Algor's experts were full of it
Yes, they certainly were FULL OF IT! Have you read the book "..How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election?" (Of course you LIVED it and might not need to.)

[Dialup Llama]

Republicans in power are so good at screwing up, I come to expect it.

[pray4liberty]

I wish I could remember his name, but there was a WONDERFUL democrat judge on the Floriduh Supreme Court.

I believe that was Chief Justice Shaw, who wrote a stinging dissent the second time Toker Al tried some games.