Florida Supreme Court rules against Scott, finds he violated separation of powers

Source: Palm Beach Post

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"Gov. Rick Scott overstepped his authority and violated the separation of powers by freezing state agency rulemaking, the Florida Supreme Court ruled today.

Shortly after he was sworn in as governor on Jan. 4, Scott suspended agency rulemaking and required the proposed rules be vetted by his office. He later created the “Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform” to review the rules, saying he wanted to make sure they did not slow down government, create barriers for businesses or cost taxpayers money.

But in a 5-2 ruling, the court found that Scott’s executive orders “infringe upon the very process of rulemaking and encroach upon the Legislature‘s delegation of its rulemaking power as set forth in the Florida Statutes.”

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"Rosalie Whiley, a blind woman who receives food stamps, filed the lawsuit against Scott and was later joined by opponents of Scott’s new procedure, including Audubon of Florida.

Tuesday’s ruling is the first final decision in at least half-a-dozen lawsuits filed against Scott since he took office eight months ago."

Read more: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2011/08/florida-supreme-court-rules-against-scott-finds-he-violated-separation-of-powers/

are filed/decided :-).

Here is more from the St. Pete Times:


Florida Supreme Court rules against Gov. Rick Scott in rule-making case

August 16, 2011






In the 5-2 opinion, the dissenters were Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justice Ricky Polston. Too bad, Jeb.


And too bad for the Gollum King.


Oh, and now, we will be hearing the frothy outrage soon from House Speaker Dean Cannon, who has been trying to dismantle the Florida Supreme Court.


Waiting for it now.

Activist judges herp-de-derp E-I-E-I-O.
Legislating from the bench, E-I-E-I-O.

He trolls Scientology and the Governor and doesn't afraid of anything

Is ignoring the law the same as breaking it?????

“Today, the Florida Supreme Court found that Governor Rick Scott – once again – ignored the law by exceeding his authority and overstepping the Florida Constitution in a continued effort to promote his Tea Party agenda. This is the kind of disregard for the law, and the people of Florida, that we have come to expect from this Governor and Republican Legislature,” Florida Democratic Party executive director Scott Arcenaux said in a statement.

:argh:

:thumbsup:

So I hope the Dem party here is paying attention to this ruling.

Whiley wanted the executive order lifted.

The court, though, declined to grant that request.

Instead, the justices concluded that the executive order "will not be enforced against an agency" until the Florida Legislature hands over the rule-making authority to the governor.


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I hope the Supreme Court gives the folks of Fl more gifts like this!

God, how I loathe that cretin and everything he's done to keep FL firmly at the bottom of the economic pile.

"saying he wanted to make sure they did not slow down government, create barriers for businesses or cost taxpayers money."

Which are three of the PRIMARY PURPOSES of both REGULATION and GOVERNMENT.

It is profoundly important that government moves slowly enough that citizen input can be integrated into government actions.

All regulation of business "creates barriers" - that's what regulation IS. It is us, the citizenry, saying "no, that is too harmful for us to allow you to do it. Your profit is not sufficient excuse."

And again, what government IS and what it DOES - is to take money from the population to pay for things they want that work better if done collectively, like defense, transportation, etc. We pay taxes, and the government spends them on our behalf. That's what's supposed to happen.

Source: Daily Kos

Florida Supreme Court smacks down Rick Scott power grab

by webacknow at Daily Kos

"The Florida Supreme Court, demonstrating fearlessness and commitment to the constitution even though the members know they will be attacked in the next election, have invalidated Rick Scott's attempted power grab. They have ruled that the Florida Constitutional principle of separation of powers prohibits Scott from issuing executive orders requiring independent agency heads to suspend all rulemaking and to pass all proposed rules through his office before submitting them for public comment."

More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/16/1007610/-Florida-Supreme-Court-smacks-down-Rick-Scott-power-grab?via=siderec

FL Sup. Court Ruling:
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2011/sc11-592.pdf


Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/16/1007610/-Florida-Supreme-Court-smacks-down-Rick-Scott-power-grab?via=siderec

His approvals are lowest of all Govs. in the U.S.

with every other thing going on in this state I am glad they decided to do this.

program (not sure of all the details), at least temporarily. But that's it ... Too bad voters gave power to the little sergeant. "Will they ever learn?"

Between the lousy turnout, a weak and not especially enticing Democratic candidate (Alex Sink) who ran a terrible campaign and the electronic voting machine skimming, he got in with a narrow margin. He's a disgusting, nightmare of a human being- no idea why a recall isn't in process. I have a feeling it's not something possible in this state without some type of criminal action (which coincidently, Governor Scott has already done but he plead the 5th and instead of going to jail where he belongs, he's now our governor.

Sometimes I wonder why the hell I still love here. But whenever January arrives, I remember. But trust me- having spent the first half of my life in blue states, it was indeed an adjustment.

are usually the ones who don't show up on election day. I know of one.

Nice.

On further research, only 18 states allow recal of the Governor. Florida is making an attempt to change that process, and a ballot initiative to change our constitution is in the signature gathering stage. We need 677,000 signatires by Feb 2012.

and they'll get their asses booted out in a short order.

Scott should be in damn jail. He is one of the reasons right wing nut jobs say Medicare has problems. It's the fraud and he is a fraudster of the worst kind. He got away will millions just like GWB got away with murder.

He ranks up there with bush, cheney, rumsfeld, hitler, stalin, and all the other scumbags burning in hell.

...AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!


Before the ruling. - After the ruling.


- Some people just aren't cutout for politics.....


K&R

The least of which is Borderline Personality Disorder. He is manipulative and has no problem with a lack of people liking him. He does what he wants and to hell with anybody else.

I for one cannot wait for him to be kicked out of office!!