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Session is over: Supreme Court rules against Senate Ds

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The Supreme Court of Florida on Friday refused to grant a writ of mandamus to Senate Democrats who were seeking to compel the Florida House to return to Tallahassee to finish the 2015 regular legislative session. But five of the seven justices opined that the House’s actions violated the state Constitution as the Democrats argued. In a unanimous ruling, the court denied the write of mandamus because Democrats failed to show that the issuance of the writ of mandamus “would…

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Senate Democrats talk lawsuit and tweets

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In a Friday afternoon press conference on the last regularly scheduled day of the 2015 legislative session lawmakers weren’t voting on the budget or scurrying to get their bills passed in the waning hours. Instead, Senate Democrats held a press conference addressing a suit they had filed in the Florida Supreme Court over the abrupt sine die of the House on Tuesday and answering questions about an offensive Tweet posted by state Rep. Matt Gaetz. An odd press conference in…

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Arthenia Joyner calls Matt Gaetz’s tweets racist, as is opposition to Medicaid expansion

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House Speaker Steve Crisafulli’s late-night apology for Matt Gaetz’s questionable Twitter posts were not enough. State Sen. Arthenia Joyner issued a statement early Friday morning noting that Gaetz has not apologized and that Crisfulli’s attempts to defuse the situation did not succeed. In her response Joyner said not only were the remarks racist, the House’s opposition to expanding Medicaid access as promoted by Barack Obama is rooted in racism. Below is Joyner’s statement: Let me begin by saying I am deeply…

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House asks Supreme Court to dismiss Senate Democrat sine die lawsuit

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The House of Representatives is asking the Supreme Court of the State of Florida to dismiss a lawsuit filed by 13 Democratic senators arguing in its legal briefs that the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the high court from compelling legislators to return to Tallahassee. “The Florida Constitution’s strict separation of powers provision, which is grounded in mutual respect among the branches, prohibits any branch of state government from “encroach[ing] upon the powers of another,” the House said in its…

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House Speaker Steve Crisafulli apologizes for Matt Gaetz’s tweet

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House Speaker Steve Crisafulli late Thursday night apologized for a controversial Twitter post made by state Rep. Matt Gaetz. Crisafulli said he “does not condone the Tweet by @MattGaetz. He is an agitator, yes, but not a racist. Please accept my apology to those offended.” Gaetz started a Twitter war Thursday afternoon after remarking that the Senate Democrats’ lawsuit filed at the Florida Supreme Court “rea(d) like it was researched and drafted by Sen. Joyner and spell checked by Sen. Bullard.” It’s not…

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Steve Crisafulli says he has no plans to call legislators back ‘at this time’

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House Speaker Steve Crisafulli sent a memo to representatives Thursday telling them he had no intention of calling them back to Tallahassee because of a lawsuit filed in the Florida Supreme Court by Senate Democrats. “We strongly disagree with the arguments that were filed by 13 Democrat members of the Senate and believe that the House’s actions complied with the Constitution and the historic practices of both Chambers. Accordingly, I have no plans to ask you to return to Tallahassee at…

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Senate Dems sue House in Florida Supreme Court for early sine die

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Senate Democrats have filed an emergency petition with the Florida Supreme Court asking the justices to deliver an expedited ruling on whether the House of Representatives violated the state Constitution when they abruptly adjourned on Tuesday. Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner and members of the Democratic Caucus walked from the Senate Office Building at the Capitol to the Supreme Court. The suit was filed by Democratic members  Joyner, Oscar Braynon, Joseph Abruzzo, Maria Sachs, Darren Soto, Christopher Smith, Geraldine Thompson, Jeff…

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