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Florida governor must appoint judge from certified list even though list includes no minorities.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Politics, tagged , on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Judge Robert Pleus Jr., has retired from the Florida Supreme Court.  Under Florida’s Constitution, the Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) is required to submit a certified list of judges to the Governor to fill the vacancy.  After Judge Pleus’s retirement, the JNC convened and then submitted a list to Governor Charlie Crist.  Governor Crist rejected the [...]

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HB 1611 (to allow internet streaming of committee meetings) fails to make it out of committee.

Posted in Legislation, Politics on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

For a discussion of the problems I found with the bill, click here.  For a discussion of the committee meeting regarding the bill, click here.

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In Focus: Flaw of proposed law to allow internet streaming of house committee meetings.

Posted in In Focus, Legislation, Politics on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Legislators have put forward HB 1611, which would allow house committees to broadcast their meetings over the internet, as a measure to increase transparency in committee meetings.  As a techno-nerd, I think this is a great idea (although with a $40,000 a year price tag, I’m not sure this is really the best time to [...]

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Pennsylvania citizens cannot bring lawsuit over 50% pay increase for executive, legislative, and judicial branches, according to Third Circuit.

Posted in Legislation, Politics, Practice & Procedure on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

According to the complaint, the Pennsylvania legislature conspired with the executive and judicial branches to pass pay increases for all three branches.  When citizen groups challenged the law, their lawsuit was dismissed because of lack of standing.  Because the citizen groups were complaining of a “generalized, abstract grievance shared by all Pennsylvanians,” they could not [...]

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More details about state sovereignty movement.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Politics on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I found an interesting blog article explaining in more detail.  Click here to check it out.

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In Focus: Arkansas legislature joins other states in declaring sovereignty.

Posted in Constitutional Law, In Focus, Politics on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I first learned of this interesting development a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon the blog New World Liberty.  While this is not the normal sort of blog I would read, I was intrigued by the discussion nonetheless.  I happened upon the blog again today, with its updated version of the article I first [...]

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In Texas, reduced attorney rate is a political donation.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Ethics, Politics on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht publicly endorsed Harriet Miers’ nomination to the United States Supreme Court, which led to charges against him by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct.  Hecht’s attorneys, the Jackson Walker law firm, charged him a reduced rate for their representation.  Then, the Texas Ethics Commission fined Hecht $29,000 for the [...]

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