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Florida governor vigorously defends pick for Supreme Court

by Associated Press
| September 9, 2020 11:27 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sternly criticized a Black Democratic lawmaker for challenging his pick of a Jamaican-American woman for the Supreme Court, saying Wednesday that if the representative wins her case, there will be no Black justices on the high court.

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