Posted on 01/09/2019 9:41:17 AM PST by Jacquerie
Judge Barbara Lagoa, a rock-solid, rule-of-law conservative from Miami and the first Cuban-American woman to serve on the Third District Court of Appeal, is Gov. Ron DeSantis' first of three Supreme Court selections.
DeSantis, standing with Lagoa and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez at the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, made the announcement at 10 a.m. It was one of his first orders of business in office and one of his highest priorities.
She is the first Hispanic woman in history to serve on the Florida Supreme Court. Her appointment is effective immediately.
"Justice Lagoa’s proven commitment to upholding the rule of law, unparalleled legal career and vast experience on the appellate bench, distinguish her among the most qualified individuals to serve on our state's highest court," said DeSantis. "It is my pleasure and my privilege to appoint Barbara Lagoa to the Florida Supreme Court with full confidence she will serve our state with the utmost integrity."
As a practicing attorney, she was one of a team of mostly pro-bono attorneys in 1999 who represented the American family of 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez. Though her side won the case, in an event that captured world attention, President Bill Clinton and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno sent armed U.S. agents into the home, seizing the boy and ignoring the rule of law. They returned him to Cuba. Fox News analyst Dick Morris joked at the time that Hillary Clinton’s next book will be called “It Takes a SWAT Team.”
William Large, president of the Florida Justice Reform Institute: "Governor DeSantis' appointment of Justice Lagoa as the 87th justice to the Florida Supreme Court is the first step towards fulfilling his promise to appoint judges who will interpret the law and not legislate from the bench.
(Excerpt) Read more at sunshinestatenews.com ...
Maybe a future Amy Barrett...
Good news. I am in California but I made a nice donation to the DeSantis campaign. Glad he won and things are now paying off. GO RON GO
FLA 2
THEM 3
None of Charlie’s three have to leave during DeSantis’ terms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Justices_of_the_Florida_Supreme_Court
Meh. We already got a hispanic. We need an asian. And transgender would be best.
Do they really even have to be a judge?
That list is misleading. There are seven justices and DeSantis gets to pick three. He can change the ideology of the court to conservative.
The three justices that are retiring (Barbara J. Pariente, R. Fred Lewis and Peggy A. Quince). Two of the three do not show up on your list.
Once DeSantis appoints the other two justices.
FLA 4
THEM 3
Thank you for the donation. Good Lord we really dodged a bullet this time.
“””....and the first Cuban-American woman... “
Spit! I abhor identity politics.
Congratulations to her.
5.56mm
OK, thanks.
“””....and the first Cuban-American woman... “
Spit! I abhor identity politics.
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I want to become a judge or Senator or something so I can be called the first uneducated white gullible deplorable.
Another case of ‘WHEW’ where the bullet just misses!
These 3 Florida Supreme Court Justices, that are being replaced, were selected by Florida’s last Democrat Governor, Lawton Chiles. RINO JEB! could have challenged their seating but chose to be ‘bipartisan’ about it.
In the 2000 election, he probably regretted it greatly when this ‘D’ dominated Florida Supreme Court kept the Gore Campaign alive with party-line votes in favor of the Democrat Candidate. It took the US Supreme Court to TRUMP them at the end!
Prior to this 2018 election, then FL Governor Rick Scott proposed to do the same as Lawton Chiles in nomination replacements for these three age-terminated Justices. Unsurprisingly, these self-same Justices ruled him illegal and ordered that only his successor could do the act. At that time most of the polling had his ‘D’ opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, leading the ‘R’ candidate, Ron DeSantis, by several points.
Gee, who knew that Judges read polling data?
Yes, we dodged a bullet. I’ve loathed the FL Supremes since Gore v. Bush. Social worker mentalities have no business on the bench.
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