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Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice

by Associated Press
| September 12, 2020 12:06 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Friday.

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