Thursday, oral arguments were held before the Florida Supreme Court in the case of Altman v. Scott. I have written several prior posts about this case with background. These oral arguments were a bit of a spectacle. Going in, I was personally impressed with the argument of the Petitioners in favor of the project and [...]
Yesterday, Governor Rick Scott filed his response in the high speed rail lawsuit filed by two Florida senators. I posted a legal analysis of the Petition that was filed. Today, I analyze the Response filed by Governor Scott and the Reply to the response filed by the original Petitioners. For background, please see yesterday’s post. [...]
[UPDATE 3/3/2011: I have updated my analysis to include the response filed by Governor Scott and the reply filed by the petitioners in a subsequent post.] On Tuesday, state senators Thad Altman and Arthenia Joyner sued Governor Rick Scott seeking a “writ of quo warranto” or a “writ of mandamus”. A writ of quo warranto [...]
Gov. Scott announced that he has decided to kill the proposed high speed rail line between Orlando and Tampa, which would have passed through Polk County. Does he have the authority to make a decision like this? J.D. Alexander doesn’t think so. A super-majority of the Florida Senate has at least implied that he might [...]
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