A judge who admitted to hundreds of violations of Florida's judicial ethics code left the bench without suspension or fine and kept a partially taxpayer-funded pension. The Florida Supreme Court noted that Tennis had "written hundreds of checks" in violation of the code's prohibition on political donations. AFlorida judge who retired rather than face disciplinary action will keep her partially taxpayer-funded pension. Diana Tennis, a former judge on Florida’s 9th Circuit Court, retired on September 4, 2026, to avoid being suspended and fined for making more than 900 political donations totaling $29,000 since 2016 – all to Democratic candidates and...