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		<title>Judicial ethics watchdog could suffer in fight for independent Florida courts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Dyckman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Constitution Revision Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David L. McCain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fred Piccolo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hal P. Dekle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judicial Qualifications Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Metz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Hulsey III]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reubin Askew]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard T. Earle Jr]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is Florida&#8217;s judicial ethics commission about to become collateral damage in a battle over the independence of the courts? House Speaker Richard Corcoran, the Land O&#8217;Lakes Republican, appears to have targeted the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) along with the courts themselves in his campaign to curb the independence of the judiciary. The JQC and the Supreme Court had not concluded an ethics case against Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey III of Jacksonville when Corcoran scheduled an impeachment hearing a month ago.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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