Florida High Court Clears Officer in Shooting Death
Law enforcement officers using deadly force are shielded under the same self-defense law as the general public, Florida’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Claims of Corruption Stand to Sully FBI Cocaine Convictions
Federal prosecutors were in damage-control mode in the 11th Circuit Wednesday, striving to keep convictions in place from a Miami cocaine trafficking investigation spearheaded by an FBI agent who has since been accused of corruption.
Read moreLawsuit Details Mistaken Attempt to Deport US Citizen
A Florida restaurant worker claims in a federal lawsuit that he was mistaken for an illegal alien from Jamaica and tossed in jail for three weeks by sheriff’s deputies who blindly followed a bungled deportation order from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Read moreWealthy Sex Offender Settles Suit, Averting Accusers’ Testimony
WEST PALM BEACH (CN) – Investment manager Jeffrey Epstein admitted Tuesday that he pursued a years-long frivolous civil case to
Read moreElections Supervisor Suspended Following Recount Problems
An embattled county elections official at the center of Florida’s recall has been suspended.
Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday immediately suspending Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes from office for misfeasance, incompetence and neglect of duty.
Florida Supreme Court Nominees Sent to Governor-Elect DeSantis
Florida’s incoming governor, Ron DeSantis, received a shortlist of nominees to replace three state Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, which could reshape the ideological bent of the state’s highest court.
Read moreGillum, Abrams Denounce NC Judicial Nominee
After narrowly losing their respective governor’s races in Florida and Georgia in the midterm election, Democrats Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams released a joint statement Tuesday saying they oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee for a North Carolina federal judgeship based on his record on voting rights.
Read moreFlorida’s Midterm Melee Finally Comes to an End
Florida’s midterm melee is over, leaving in its wake memories of overheating ballot machines, voters unable to fix rejected ballots, and a Senate candidate intimating on national TV that there was “rampant” election fraud in the Sunshine State.
Read moreFlorida’s Long, Long History of Election Woes
Court battles, recounts, partisan calls of election fraud – all par for the course in Florida’s particular brand of election politics. Ten days after the midterm elections and the nation is once again fixated on Florida’s inability to call elections on time.
Read moreSenate Campaign Tempers Flare as Florida Recount Proceeds
With his lead holding firm in the final stages of a Senate race recount in Florida, the campaign of Republican candidate Rick Scott lashed out at his Democratic opponent, calling three-term incumbent Bill Nelson an “angry bitter career politician” for not conceding his defeat.
Read moreFlorida Secretary of State Orders Hand Recount in Senate Race
Florida’s secretary of state has ordered a manual recount in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
Read moreJudge Gives Floridians More Time to Challenge Ballot Rejections
In a courtroom victory for Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, a federal judge ruled Thursday that Florida’s handling of mail-in and provisional ballots in the midterm election was deficient and disenfranchised voters.
Read moreFlorida Recount Rollercoaster Barrels Toward Thursday Deadline
Florida’s recount madness continued on Wednesday, one day before the state’s 67 counties must finish tallying ballots by machine.
Read moreTension Builds in Epicenter of Florida Recount
Sheriff’s deputies and dozens of volunteer monitors kept close watch over vote-counting Tuesday in an out-of-the-way West Palm Beach warehouse, a fulcrum point in the ongoing Senate and gubernatorial race recounts.
Read moreRestoration of Vote to Ex-Cons Likely to Influence Outcomes in Florida
Florida state officials may still be counting votes from Election Day, but more than a million Floridians are already looking toward the next electoral contest.
Read moreFlorida Death-Penalty Cases Trigger Diverging High Court Opinions
Three Supreme Court justices defended their votes Tuesday after the court rejected its 84th death-penalty case in recent weeks involving the same claim against Florida.
Read moreCan’t Tell the Elections Defendants Without a Scorecard
(CN) — Florida’s secretary of state on Saturday ordered a statewide machine recount of three races: for governor, U.S. Senate, and agriculture commissioner. Returns for all three races fall within the 0.5 percent margin that triggers a recount under state law.
Read moreFlorida’s Disputed Elections Hit Courtrooms as Recounts Near
The battle over Florida’s disputed election results deepened Friday with a flurry of lawsuits and emergency hearings held in courtrooms in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Read moreRick Scott Sues Elections Officials in Florida Senate Race
With a recount all but certain in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Governor Rick Scott sued elections supervisors in two Democratic stronghold counties in South Florida Thursday night, claiming they’re illegally denying him a chance to oversee ballot counting.
Read moreRecount Likely in Florida’s Senate, Governor Races
Florida’s midterm election season continues as the races for governor and U.S. Senate appear to be heading for a recount.
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