The Florida Republican party has been trying to challenge the power of the courts for fifteen years.

They're only talking about it now. I first saw this trend begin in 1996--their goal was to make land use regulations legislative, rather than Quasi-judicial. That's just a fancy way of saying that the Republicans already controlled local government and didn't want to worry about checks and balances interfering with their schemes. They didn't want to worry about due process nor equal protection under the law. They succeeded with this effort in 2011 when the Republican led legislature dismantled our Growth Management Laws.

And now, they're going after the three Democratic Supreme Court justices, just to make the coup complete:

Petulant politicians wage war on Florida courts

Here, politicians mix with prostitutes; legislators routinely try to usurp the Constitution; and corruption is systemically fertilized with campaign checks.

In fact, in recent years, one of the few things standing between Floridians and full-on insanity was the court system.

You can see why legislators want to change that.

So they have launched a war — against courts and justices who have dared to stick up for your rights and demanded that legislators play by the rules.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/views/os-scott-maxwell-florida-legislators-attack-the-co-20121013,0,5810190.column