TALLAHASSEE – Today, Progress Florida recognized 18 members of the Florida Legislature as “Champions of Florida’s Middle Class” for their unwavering support of everyday Floridians. For the sixth year in a row, these award winners are featured at www.MiddleClassChamps.com along with the votes that earned them this distinction.
“This is yet another in a series of attacks and efforts at retribution against the courts for doing their job and striking down unconstitutional actions by the legislature.”
“The calls for judicial obstruction by Rubio and leading Republicans are a slap in the face to Americans who depend on a fully functioning Supreme Court to interpret laws that profoundly impact citizens’ lives each day – but they are nothing new.”
As Florida lawmakers prepare to consider a measure that would impose term limits on state appellate judges, Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo issued the following statement on behalf of the Florida Access to Justice Project.
Policy experts and advocates in Tallahassee sought to “Awake The State” on the opening day of the 2016 legislative session as a counterpoint to Gov. Rick Scott and his allies’ extremist agenda that rewards their corporate backers while ignoring the needs of everyday Floridians.
Before the end of next week and possibly as soon as this week, a very expensive (costing as much as $700 billion) and complicated piece of tax legislation is likely to be voted on in Congress.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is continuing to block a hearing for the Honorable Mary Barzee Flores, nearly eight months after she was nominated by President Obama on February 26, 2015 to the Southern District of Florida federal court.
Curbelo is among about two dozen GOP congressional representatives who have promised to supply detailed information about their “legislative agenda” and “political justifications” to national Republican donors in exchange for financial support.
Today, a wounded Lady Justice joined members of the Florida Why Courts Matter Coalition for a visit to Sen. Marco Rubio’s Orlando office. The visit was intended to highlight Rubio’s political obstruction and inaction when it comes to filling emergency judicial vacancies on the federal bench in Florida.
A research memo released today by organizations from across the country detailed the historic level of obstruction taking place in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Florida Senator Marco Rubio and other senators.
