Rick Scott plans to nominate 3 FL. State Supreme Court judges - AFTER his term ends

[Hawaii Hiker]

I always hated that serial killer look a like....Just another GOP plan to steal court seats...


https://thinkprogress.org/gop-war-judicial-independence-b4a306122cca/

"And then there’s a curious constitutional crisis that Gov. Rick Scott (R) plans to trigger as he leaves office in Florida.

Scott, who is term-limited, will leave office at midnight on January 8, 2019. Three of the Florida Supreme Court’s seven justices also leave office at the very same moment. Thus, while three vacancies are expected to occur within the next year, Rick Scott will no longer be governor at the very instant these seats open up.

Nevertheless, Scott announced in 2016 that he intends to appoint three new justices to fill these vacancies — vacancies that, again, will not occur until after Scott is no longer governor."

[lagomorph777]

1. If the new Governor is a Dem, this will stand for less than one second.

[avebury]

2. Based upon Scott's thought process, President Obama should

have still been allowed to fill the vacant SC spot even after he left office.