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Florida Supreme Court

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Florida Senate: Ping Pong Balls Lack Gravitational Integrity

    ​A Senate Committee in Tallahassee played redistricting bingo late yesterday. The idea: Shout so loud the Florida Supreme Court might actually accept its new plan. B-I-N-G-O. They used one of those wire rollers with a handle and a bunch of ping pong balls.Senators who drew white balls got four-yea ... More >>

  • News

    March 15, 2012

    Ex-students say Jet University flight school was bogus

    ​A Senate Committee in Tallahassee played redistricting bingo late yesterday. The idea: Shout so loud the Florida Supreme Court might actually accept its new plan. B-I-N-G-O. They used one of those wire rollers with a handle and a bunch of ping pong balls.Senators who drew white balls got four-yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Jet University, Shuttered Pilot School, Was a Sham Ex-Students Allege

    ​At the start of the slick ad, an excited announcer intones, "Are you ready to get serious about becoming a professional airline pilot?" The promises are amazing: In less than nine months at Jet University, the announcer says, even students with zero flight experience will land jobs as pilots. Eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Florida Supreme Court Rejects Senate Redistricting, Special Session Required

    In an epic political fail for Senate Republicans, the Florida Supreme Court ruled this morning that recent redistricting efforts amount to illegal gerrymandering."We conclude that the challengers have demonstrated that the Senate plan... violates the constitutional requirements," Justice Barbara Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Florida Cop Dresses as Electric Company Worker to Snoop For Pot Without Warrant

    ​Florida cops, it seems, will do just about anything to find that marijuana plant growing in your closet. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether Miami police violated the Constitution by routinely sniffing around suspected grow houses with drug-smelling dogs without first getting a search ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    Miami locals' New Year's resolutions

    ​Florida cops, it seems, will do just about anything to find that marijuana plant growing in your closet. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether Miami police violated the Constitution by routinely sniffing around suspected grow houses with drug-smelling dogs without first getting a search ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    PurebredBreeders.com Accused By Humane Society Of Selling Sick Dogs From Puppy Mills

    via Purebredbreeders.com​From its South Florida headquarters, Purebredbreeders.com matches up thousands of pet lovers around the country every week with purebred puppies through a "network of responsible and professional dog breeders" that sell "happy and healthy" canines, according to the company ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    Hialeah doctor allegedly held a baby hostage

    via Purebredbreeders.com​From its South Florida headquarters, Purebredbreeders.com matches up thousands of pet lovers around the country every week with purebred puppies through a "network of responsible and professional dog breeders" that sell "happy and healthy" canines, according to the company ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Hialeah Hospital Doc Sued for Allegedly Holding Adopted Baby Hostage

    photo by ernstl via Wikimedia CommonsIt sounds like a tale adoptive parents tell around a campfire to scare each other sleepless: A doctor, distraught over his failed marriage and custody fight, holds a baby hostage until the would-be new parents promise to return the kid to its birth mother.Yet tha ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Royal Caribbean doesn't care about employees raped at sea, a lawyer says

    photo by ernstl via Wikimedia CommonsIt sounds like a tale adoptive parents tell around a campfire to scare each other sleepless: A doctor, distraught over his failed marriage and custody fight, holds a baby hostage until the would-be new parents promise to return the kid to its birth mother.Yet tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Royal Caribbean Doesn't Care When Foreign Employees Are Raped At Sea, Lawyer Says

    photo by Citking via Wikimedia Commons​On October 10, 2010, off the coast of Israel, a 40-year-old South African woman working on a Celebrity cruise ship blacked out while having a drink with a male co-worker in his cabin. She awoke hours later to find the man, a Costa Rican, raping her.The sexual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa Sued For $3,859

    ​As the recall against her gains steam, North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa continues to have personal financial problems. This past July 18, Capital One Bank filed a lawsuit against her in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleging she owes a $3,859 unpaid credit card bill. The complaint gives more ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Miami Beach vigilante biker gets driver charged with felony assault

    ​As the recall against her gains steam, North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa continues to have personal financial problems. This past July 18, Capital One Bank filed a lawsuit against her in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleging she owes a $3,859 unpaid credit card bill. The complaint gives more ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Coral Gables: Hide your filthy, low-class pickup

    ​As the recall against her gains steam, North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa continues to have personal financial problems. This past July 18, Capital One Bank filed a lawsuit against her in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleging she owes a $3,859 unpaid credit card bill. The complaint gives more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Four Things Cheaper Than Parking Your Truck in Coral Gables

    via YouTube user SalmonCookieCoral Gables Code Enforcement Officer Andrew Clute during a deposition that is somehow both silly and boring.​Some communities debate over police levels, school funding and the mayor's race -- you know, real issues.Coral Gables burdens itself with pickup trucks.Startin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Nikki Beach Sued By Woman Claiming She Was Drugged and Raped By Turks and Caicos Premier

    Turks and Caicos​Start with a premier so corrupt that the United Kingdom actually shut down his idyllic island's government. Add a sexy beach resort trying to move into new territory. Top it off with a glass of spiked wine, a beautiful woman, and allegations of sexual assault. You've got either th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Good News, Grow House Owners: Drug Sniffing Dogs Can't Smell Your Front Door Anymore

    ​Economic reports are clear that South Florida's third largest industry -- after fabricating massive housing bubbles and churning out "I'm In Miami Bitch" t-shirts -- is marijuana grow houses. One in every three homes in Kendall, in fact, is actually an empty shell full of sophisticated pot-farmin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Hank Adorno Is A Bad Man, Part II

    ​Turns out Papa Dios doesn't take prayers from Hank Adorno. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the Florida Supreme Court has suspended the prominent Miami attorney from practicing law. And he has 30 days to prove to the court why he shouldn't be barred permanently. The decision stems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    State Agency Will Not Appeal Ruling That Struck Down Gay Adoption Ban

    ​It's not clear whether or not Don't Ask, Don't Tell is dead for good yet, but it seems the final clump of dirt has been shoveled on the grave of another bigoted, anti-homosexual government policy. The Florida Department of Children and Families has announced that they won't appeal a decision that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Mamas vs. Papas, Part 2: Judge Grants Gay Dad Parental Rights

    ​It started with good intentions. Two sets of gay parents -- all close friends -- would make and raise a baby together. Ray Janssen, a fit war vet, would artificially inseminate Katherine Alicea, an ambitious real estate agent. Katherine's partner would be a second mother and Ray's partner a sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    News Roundup: Heat Melts Magic

    Turns out the Epic Hotel has not been completely cleared as the cause of Legionnaires' disease. [Herald]However, the disease might also be linked to the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship. [SFBJ]The Supreme Court of Florida has decided it's no longer legal to put shackles on kids in court. [JustNews]An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Republicans Want Fair Districts Initiatives Off Ballot

    via FDF​On first glance it seems a little strange that despite the fact Florida is a classic swing-state that currently actually has more registered Democrats than Republicans, that the GOP controls both houses of the state legislative by large majorities and sends more Republicans to the House in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Supreme Court Approves Crist's Call for Corruption Grand Jury

    The Florida Supreme Court today approved Gov. Charlie Crist's request for a grand jury to investigate and deal with corruption in local politics, two days after his initial request was rejected. "The Statewide Grand Jury will add to the great work already being done by Florida's 20 State Attorn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Pro-Life Groups Kick Off Push for Florida "Personhood Amendment"

    ​Last November, pro-life groups put a ballot measure before Colorado voters asking them if "personhood" should be extended to the moment of conception. Even in a politically heated and polarized year, voters rejected the amendment by 73 percent. But that hasn't stopped Personhood USA and the Ameri ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of July 9, 2009

    "I am sad to report I lost a few brain cells while reading your article."

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Piece of Mind

    Jackson's mental health unit fails Miami.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Florida Convict Isn't Joking This Time

     When death row inmate Michael Lambrix applied to be a Florida Supreme Court Justice in January, the nominating committee had a good laugh. "It's tongue-in-cheek," said Chair Robert Hackleman - and it probably was. (Lambrix wrote: "My biggest qualification...is that I'm the only applicant tha ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Bill Perry III at the Center of Questionable Deals

    A battle among gentry means somebody got screwed.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Former Miami Judge Ain't No Writer

    As a lawyer, Barbara Levenson leaped head first into some controversial free speech battles. In 1987, when she was chairwoman of the American Civil Liberties Union's legal panel, she protested the placing of a 100-foot-tall cross at Tamiami Park during Pope John Paul II's visit to Miami. Two years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Could Crist's Love of Diversity Leave The Supreme Court Balanced?

    Charlie Crist is in the unprecedented position of chosing his third supreme court justice in his first term, with a fourth pick coming up in March. Four picks for a Republican Governor would, of course, swing the balance of power on a bench that conservatives have derided for years as one of the mos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    State Plans To Appeal Gay Adoption Ruling

    This isn't much of a shock, but the Florida Attorney General's office says it is planning to appeal last months ruling by a Miami judge that overturned Florida's gay adoption ban. Technically, I believe, they could have just let it be, but that never seemed likely. On one hand, yes, the ruling could ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Wait, So Registered Child Abusers Had More Adoption Rights Than Gays?

    Riptide was going to write you up a nice "The Florida Supreme Court for Dummies" post, but in its research found itself caught up in tangents. Our interest was spurred in part by yesterday's overturning of the gay adoption ban by a Miami judge (as well as by future Crist appointments). The issue wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Gay Adoption Ban Overturned

    It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Jack Thompson, 2 Live Crew's Greatest Nemesis, Disbarred

    It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Florida Supreme Court Takes Three Amendments Off the Ballot

    It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    New Florida Justice Makes Dem Blood Boil

    It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Jack Thompson Faces Permanent Disbarment

    It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the "gay and secular fascist" takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is "no rational basis" for banning homosexuals from adopting ch ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Jack Thompson Don't Know Jack

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • News

    March 29, 2007

    Museum Park Trial Balloon Bursts

    "The public has been hoodwinked."

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nader

    The Reform Party's presidential candidate makes some people crazy

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    In the Rough

    A half-century before the Tiger Woods era, black Miamians fought a losing battle to hit the links

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Sex, Lies, and City Hall

    Commissioner Tomas Regalado screwed around. Now his felonious former mistress wants revenge.

  • Calendar

    March 11, 1999

    Alternative Spin

    Commissioner Tomas Regalado screwed around. Now his felonious former mistress wants revenge.

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    The Roads Less Developed

    Residents of this Miami neighborhood don't care how neat the kids' museum will be

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Go Directly to Court

    In a high-stakes showdown, Miami hopes to put some muscle on its enfeebled Nuisance Abatement Board

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Dear Chief Justice: Throw the Book at Him

    In a high-stakes showdown, Miami hopes to put some muscle on its enfeebled Nuisance Abatement Board

  • News

    June 8, 1995

    Owe, Owe, Owe Your Boat

    The Miami Rowing Club finds itself up a creek of red ink

  • News

    December 16, 1992

    Stop! Thief! C-R-U-N-C-H!

    The good old days of high-speed police chases (and the resulting mayhem) are about to end

  • News

    May 13, 1992

    Is That a Badge in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

    Don't ask that nice chap for a cold one.And whatever you do, no fraternizing with the bartender!

  • News

    November 28, 1990

    There Ought to Be a Law

    Don't ask that nice chap for a cold one.And whatever you do, no fraternizing with the bartender!

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