As Florida looks to revise its Constitution, it might do well to switch up the selection and retention process for Supreme Court justices, professors argued at the Florida Bar Convention in Boca Raton.
That’s because research shows judicial nominating commissions like Florida’s, with some members chosen by the bar, tend to pick judges who are more liberal than the state’s population. And retention elections for justices see low participation and high shares of “yes” votes, the professors said Thursday during a panel hosted by the bar’s constitutional judiciary committee.
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