For decades, the ambitions of Florida’s Republican governors were stymied by the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court.



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How DeSantis Flipped the Florida Supreme Court

Leonard Leo, the key architect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority, led a secretive group that helped DeSantis reshape the state Supreme Court.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip state Supreme Court

For decades, Florida had a reputation for being an incredibly volatile swing state. Floridians often split their tickets, and President George W. Bush won the state twice before it went to President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. Democrats and Republicans had to work extra hard with Florida vot...

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How the Federalist Society helped Ron DeSantis move the Florida Supreme Court 'hard-right': report

The governor's efforts have yielded one of the most conservative state supreme courts in the country, reflecting Florida's shift from a politically competitive state to a testing ground for culture war legislation.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip Florida’s Supreme Court

Washington Post: “He repeatedly points to his overhaul of the state court as a sign of how he would approach the judiciary if elected. He has called Justice Clarence Thomas “our greatest living justice” and pledged to move the U.S. Supreme Court even further to the right than President Donald Trump did.” “In Florida, the governor’s confidential vetting process for the high court was one of the earliest examples of what would become a signature t…

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Of course Florida doesn't have a bad judiciary anymore. Republicans have won the state for the last three decades.

National Review

Shock: Conservative-Voting State Has Originalist Judiciary

For decades, Florida had a reputation for being an incredibly volatile swing state. Floridians often split their tickets, and President George W. Bush won the state twice before it went to President Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. Democrats and Republicans had to work extra hard with Florida voters because the Sunshine State was neither ultra-Democratic Massachusetts nor ultra-Republican Alabama.But that was before the Ron DeSantis era, whic…

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Leonard Leo, the key architect of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority, led the advisers who helped DeSantis reshape the state court.

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Wayne County

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Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip Florida's Supreme Court

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has remade the Florida state supreme court from a liberal majority to a hard right conservative, with the help of a "secretive panel" led by Leonard Leo.

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Ron DeSantis Remade Florida Court With Help Of Secretive Leonard Leo Panel

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How Leonard Leo Helped DeSantis Stack Florida's Supreme Court

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Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip Florida’s Supreme Court

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