Florida Supreme Court

The Florida Supreme Court likely will not rule until after this year’s regular legislative session in a high-stakes case about the constitutionality of a 2022 law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

A federal appeals court Tuesday turned to the Florida Supreme Court for help in determining the meaning of the word “riot” in the law.

Florida lawmakers in 2023 should not add more judgeships and should consider trimming some, the state Supreme Court said in its annual recommendations. The Supreme Court said “we certify no need for additional county court, circuit court, or district court of appeal judgeships."

In a case that could upend public access to information about policing, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about whether the identities of law-enforcement officers are shielded by a 2018 constitutional amendment designed to bolster crime victims’ rights.

Plaintiffs file requests to disqualify Florida Supreme Court Justice Renatha Francis from cases.

In the midterm elections that concluded Tuesday, it was Florida voters who judged whether five out of the seven Florida Supreme Court justices on the ballot got to keep their jobs.

Voters don’t pick Florida Supreme Court and appellate judges, but they can fire them through a nonpartisan “merit retention vote” in the November general election. Jacksonville Today has compiled a guide for voters, outlining the judges' key rulings and their approval rating according to a Florida Bar poll.

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

The legal battle over Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban won’t go on a fast track to the state Supreme Court, which has previously ruled that the constitution’s privacy provisions guarantee a right to abortion.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments Aug. 31 in a closely watched case about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers.

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office requested that the battle about the new 15-week abortion law go quickly to the Florida Supreme Court — and indicated that the state will use the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade to help defend the law.