Florida Appellate Courts - Florida Supreme Court, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Third District Court of Appeal (Paperback)

Chapters: Florida Supreme Court, Florida District Courts of Appeal, Florida Third District Court of Appeal, Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Florida First District Court of Appeal. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. The Court is the final arbitrator of legal cases in the state, and its decisions are binding on all other Florida state courts. Established upon statehood in 1845, the court is headquartered across the street from the state capitol in Tallahassee. Throughout the court's history it has undergone many reorganizations as Florida's population has steadily grown. The Florida Supreme Court has heard many cases of note, including the 2000 presidential election Florida recount case Bush v. Gore. After Florida's entrance into the union in 1845, and the ratification of the State's first Constitution, the Supreme Court of the State of Florida was born. Though the constitution created a Supreme Court, it vested it with no judges and little power. Florida Circuit Court judges served in the capacity of Supreme Court Justices until 1951 when an 1848 constitutional amendment took effect granting the state legislator power to choose three justices, one Chief Justice and two Associate Justice's. In 1853, another constitutional amendment was adopted that provided for the popular election of Justices to serve six-year terms. Following the Civil War and the adoption of...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1635683