Rick Scott rejects Bar’s nominees for state’s judicial panels
Gov. Rick Scott has rejected all suggestions from The Florida Bar to fill vacancies in severalĀ of the state’s Judicial Nominating Commissions (JNC), the panels that recommend lawyers for judgeships. The latest rejections now add up toĀ at least 90 of the Bar’s recommendations for JNC openingsĀ that Scott has turned down since taking office in 2011, according to Bar records. Other names that Scott rejected over the years include Vero Beach lawyerĀ Erin Grall, now a RepublicanĀ state representative, and nationally known civil-rights attorney…
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