Articles in Category: 'R. Fred Lewis'

In 'Cases' You Missed Them, Florida’s Top Legal Stories of 2012
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: December 26, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Alex Villalobos, American Bar Association, Barbara Pariente, Chris Smith, Defend Justice from Politics, Democracy at Stake, First Amendment, Florida Legislature, Florida Supreme Court, George Zimmerman, health insurance mandates, Jackie Fulford, John Cooper, John Roberts, Joint Legislative Budget Commission, Judicial Activism, judicial merit retention, Medicaid expansion, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, News, Obamacare, originalism, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Peggy Quince, prison privatization, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, Sandy D'Alemberte, Stand Your Ground, state pension reform, Trayvon Martin, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics
 
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Americans for Prosperity: 'Incompetent' Palm Beach Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher Must Resign
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: November 2, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: ACLU, Amendment 1, Amendment 2, Amendment 3, Amendment 4, American Civil Liberties Union, Americans for Prosperity, Barbara Pariente, Dave Aronberg, Florida attorney general, Florida Bar Board of Governors, Florida Democratic Party, Florida Health Care Amendment, Florida State Revenue Limitation Amendment, Florida Supreme Court, Florida Supreme Court Amendment, Florida Veterans Property Tax Amendment, Jesse Phillips, Judicial Activism, justices, Kevin Bannon, League of Women Voters, LWFV, LWV, News, Palm Beach Post, Pam Bondi, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Restore Justice 2012, Runbeck Elections Services, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Slade O’Brien, Susan Bucher, Time magazine, “Capital of Florida Corruption”, Politics
 
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Conflict of Interest? Unions Endorse Justices While Florida Supreme Court Decides Their Case
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 3, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Alex Villalobos, Barbara Pariente, Defend Justice from Politics, Democracy at Stake, Duval County Republican Executive Committee, Florida Professional Firefighters, Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, FOP, FPF, Gainesville Police Department, Jacksonville FOP, Jeff McAdams, Jesse Phillips, Judicial Activism, Justices of the Supreme Court of Florida, leftism, merit retention, Nelson Cuba, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, Restore Justice 2012, RPOF, Sandy D'Alemberte, Supreme Court of Florida, Politics
 
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Justices: Vote for Us on Our Behavior, Not Our Rulings
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 6, 2012 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Alex Boler, Americans for Prosperity, Barbara Pariente, Dan Newman, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Florida Bar, Florida State University Alpha Phi Omega Community Service Fraternity, Florida State University College of Law, Florida State University Women in Pre-Law Society, Florida Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, judicial merit retention, Kelly Overstreet Johnson, League of Women Voters of Florida, LWVF, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Restore Justice 2012, “Who Will Be the Judge?”, Politics
 
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The Merits of Merit Retention: Legal Scholars Debate Florida’s System for Choosing Justices
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 17, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Alan Orantes Forst, Amendment 5, Barbara Pariente, Chris W. Bonneau, Donald J. Weidner, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Florida Bar, Florida State University College of Law Advocacy Center, Florida Supreme Court, Florida Supreme Court Amendment, JNC, Judicial Activism, Judicial Nominating Commission, judicial qualifications commission, Major B. Harding, merit retention system, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Richard H. Levenstein, Stephen J. Ware, University of Kansas School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, “Judicial Merit Retention in Florida”, Politics
 
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Just How Activist Are Florida Justices Pariente, Lewis, and Quince? A Look at Vouchers
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 13, 2012 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Americans for Prosperity, Barbara Pariente, Bush v. Holmes, Charles T. Wells, education clause, establishment clause, Florida Constitution, Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program, Florida Supreme Court, Jeb Bush, Judicial Activism, Kenneth B. Bell, Lawton Chiles, leftists, News, originalism, Peggy Quince, private school vouchers, R. Fred Lewis, Raoul G. Cantero, Republican Party of Florida, Restore Justice 2012, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Constitution, Politics
 
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Did Justices Up for Retention Invent New Workers' Compensation Law Out of Thin Air?
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 20, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Aguilera v. Inservices, Barbara Pariente, Florida Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Kenneth B. Bell, merit retention, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Rodrigo Aguilera, Section 440, workers’ compensation, Workers’ Compensation Act, Politics
 
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Florida Justices Pariente, Lewis, and Quince: Making Taxpayers Pay for 'Acts of God'?
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 23, 2012 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Breaux v. City of Miami Beach, Charles T. Wells, City of Miami Beach, common law, Florida Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, negligence, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Politics
 
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'Zero' Chance RPOF Reverses Course on Justices Retention
By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 12, 2012 5:30 PM
 
TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Brian Burgess, Dennis Jones, News, Pam Bondi, Paula Dockery, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Rene Garcia, Republican Party of Florida, Rick Scott, RPOF, Politics
 
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Is Palm Beach Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher Disenfranchising GOP Absentee Voters?
By: Eric Giunta | Posted: October 11, 2012 7:00 PM
 
TAGS: absentee ballots, Arthur Anderson, Barbara Pariente, Florida Democratic Party, Florida Supreme Court, J.C. Planas, Judicial Activism, Kevin Bannon, Mack Bernard, merit retention, News, Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Runbeck Elections Services, Susan Bucher, Theresa LePore, Wellington, Politics
 
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Ask Justices and the Florida Bar: What Happened to Competence?
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 1, 2012 3:55 AM

In November when I vote not to retain the three justices on the ballot, it will have nothing to do with a handful of Florida rulings that run contrary to my politics. It will have everything in the world to do with competence. 
TAGS: and justices, appellate judges, Barbara Pariente, Brian Crowley, Dan Christensen, First District Court of Appeal, Florida Bar, Florida Supreme Court, independent judiciary, judicial system, judiciary, Lucy Morgan, Martin Dyckman, merit retention, Miami Herald, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, secret dockets scandal, St. Petersburg Times, Taj Mahal, William O. Douglas, Columns
 
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Rick Scott: RPOF Can Think on Its Own
By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 9, 2012 5:00 PM
 

TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Bush v. Gore, Florida Supreme Court Justices, Lenny Curry, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, Rick Scott, RPOF, Politics
 
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Check With the Supremes: Judiciary Doesn't Have to be Politically Independent
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 8, 2012 3:55 AM
As it happens, this judicial independence business is all baloney. It plain doesn't exist.
TAGS: Antonin Scalia, Barbara Pariente, Chicago Law School Faculty Blog, David N. Hurd, Florida Supreme Court, Hofstra University, judicial independence, merit retention, Miami-Dade County Board of Elections, Monroe H. Freedman, New York Commission on Judicial Ethics, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, recount, Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, RPOM v. White, Supreme Court of the United States, Thomas J. Spargo, United States District Court, Columns
 
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Justices, Unions and the 'Appearance of Evil'
By: Jesse Phillips | Posted: October 6, 2012 3:55 AM
There is a scriptural adage that says we should avoid “all appearance of evil.”
TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Facebook, Florida Professional Fire Fighters, Florida Supreme Court, Fraternal Order of Police, justices, News, Peggy Quince, Pensions, R. Fred Lewis, recuse, retention, unions, Columns
 
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Merit Retention Exposes Warts on the Face of Florida's Legal System
By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 3, 2012 3:55 AM
So you want to shake a finger at the Republicans for politicizing merit retention? You think they're the ones who render the judiciary less independent? 
TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Florida Bar, Florida judiciary, Florida Supreme Court, James Perry, Jorge Labarga, merit retention, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party, Tea Party, Columns
 
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Unions Attack RPOF Opposition to Retention
By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 2, 2012 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Florida Professional Fire Fighters, Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, Florida Supreme Court, Lenny Curry, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, Rick Scott, Will Weatherford, Politics
 
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RPOF Chair Lenny Curry Defends Opposition to Retention
By: Jim Turner | Posted: September 29, 2012 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Barbara Pariente, Bush v. Gore, Florida Professional Fire Fighters, Florida State Fraternal Order of Police, Florida Supreme Court, Lenny Curry, News, Peggy Quince, R. Fred Lewis, Republican Party of Florida, Rick Scott, RPOF, The Florida Bar, Politics
 
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