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Now that's what I needed
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about term limits for lawmakers.
Now lawmakers want to slap term limits on judges.
It's a top priority for the new speaker of the Florida House
and today a top committee met for the very first time
to put his controversial idea into action in this Thursday's
Capitol Reporter, Troy Kinsey was there.
He joins us now from the state capitol with thunder.
So Troy, what exactly inspired this push?
Well, Marla, put simply, the Florida Supreme Court,
what the House Speaker Richard Corcoran has called
a collection of seven individuals in black robes
who meet in private.
Now, if you get the indication,
he has to be temporary court, you'd be correct.
That's because at pretty much every turn
over the past number of years,
they have struck down very wrong Republican laws
passed by the legislature here at the capitol.
We're talking about everything from the death penalty
to abortion rights and redistricting.
And the proposal he has right now
is to require a 12-year term limits for appellate judges
and Supreme Court judges at the stands.
They can serve as long as they want,
as long as they continue to be retained by the voters.
Even by every six years,
we have a merit for additional election.
So under this proposal, those who go out the door
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