Jan 30, 2020
Pulitzer-prize winning
author, Gilbert King, stopped by the Supreme Court to discuss his
two books based on true Florida legal cases: Devil in the Grove and
Beneath a Ruthless Sun. Mr. King discusses Florida's history of
racial justice -- sometimes racial injustice -- and the role the
courts played during the time his...
Jan 14, 2020
Justice Kenneth
Bell was the 81st Justice (2003-2008) of the Florida Supreme Court.
At the time of his appointment, he was the first justice from
Pensacola in a century and the first from west of Tallahassee since
1917. Justice Bell is a seventh-generation Pensacolian whose
paternal ancestors immigrated to the Pensacola...
Nov 15, 2019
In this Beyond the Bench episode, Justice Barkett describes
her 1985 appointment to the Florida Supreme Court by then-Governor
Bob Graham, the justices she met during her first visit to 500 S.
Duval Street, and the remodeling issue her appointment created. She
also discusses her life today as a judge on...
Mar 1, 2019
Retired
Justice Gerald Kogan stopped by the Florida Supreme Court long
enough to sit down with Craig Waters, Director of Public
Information, and reminisce about life before, during and after
his time on the Court.
Justice Kogan was the 73rd Justice (1987-1998) and is best known for his work as Chief Justice from 1996...
Jan 11, 2019
On Justice
Barbara Pariente's last day at the Florida Supreme Court (January
7, 2019), she sat down to reminisce about her 21
years (1997-2019) on the state's highest court. She
became a national symbol in 2003 when she continued work as a
Justice through breast cancer treatment, even hearing cases on live
television...