With his next pick, DeSantis will have selected every Florida Supreme Court justice bar one

Six white men make up the group of finalists to fill the seat on the Florida Supreme Court vacated by Charles Canady.

Canady left the court as his wife, Rep. Jennifer Canady, R-Lakeland, is in line to become speaker of the Florida House after the 2028 elections and before he was age-limited off the court. He became director and a professor at the University of Florida Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education on Jan. 1.

This could be the final Supreme Court appointment Gov. Ron DeSantis makes before he leaves office in about a year. Since taking office in January 2019, he has overhauled the court’s jurisprudence, creating an institution willing to jettison even longstanding precedent on abortion and capital punishment in the interest of conservative ends. He was assisted by the age-related retirements of the court’s moderate-to-liberal block.

Once the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted its candidates on Dec. 30, the governor had 60 days to appoint a qualified candidate — that is, by the end of February. The panel vets applicants for selection by the governor.


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