The Order of the 2nd Circuit Court for Leon County that removes Amendment 9 from the Ballot has been released to the public and is available for download: Final Order in Mangat v. State. The Court’s ruling is straightforward and, I believe, correct. Basically, it boils down to this:
The Florida Bar has published the names of the applicants for an open seat on the Polk County bench. County court judges hear civil cases when less than $15,000 is at issue, misdemeanors, and traffic cases. There are some good people on this list. I have included some very brief biographical info on each, culled [...]
A group called the Atheists of Florida announced that they have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Tampa against the City of Lakeland challenging the City’s current practice of having invocations before the start of its city commission meetings. The group posted a copy of the complaint on their website, but it is not signed and does [...]
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