Florida Courts

A Secret Service agent saw Ryan Routh with a rifle at a golf course in Florida and fired on him in 2024 as Trump was golfing. He was found guilty of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed Adam Tanenbaum to the Florida Supreme Court. Tanenbaum, a judge on the First District Court of Appeal, pledged to follow "originalism," a legal theory that a law's meaning doesn't change over time. This appointment gives DeSantis his sixth conservative appointee on the seven-member court.

Florida judge Jennifer Johnson said that an AI video depicting her death terrified her children and highlighted security gaps for state judges.

Rep. Hillary Cassel, a Broward Republican who served in the state House as a Democrat for two years, issued HB 119 banning Florida courts, panels, tribunals, or agencies from basing decisions on the Islamic Shari’a code or other foreign legal systems.

A Florida federal judge has tossed out a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against The New York Times. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled Friday that Trump's lawsuit was overly long and was full of "tedious and burdensome" language that had no bearing on the legal case.

Current and former Democratic lawmakers and former Florida Supreme Court justices have signed onto legal briefs backing suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell’s bid to get her job back.

A conservative Palm Beach County circuit court judge is Governor Ron DeSantis’s new pick for the Florida Supreme Court.

The Florida Supreme Court issued a public reprimand to Palm Beach County Judge Marni Bryson. The reason: chronic absenteeism.

From elections to vaccines, state and federal courts are weighing major Florida lawsuits. Here are 10 big legal issues to watch in 2022.

This is the result of increased vaccination rates and updated guidance from health officials.

The major portion of the request --- more than $12.5 million --- is aimed at helping trial courts deal with a projected backlog of more than 990,000 cases due to COVID-19, the request says.

This post will be updated today, Tuesday, Oct. 20, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.