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ABRAMSON LOSES IN SUPREME COURT

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Many of you have followed with bemusement the predicament of West Palm Beach "Circuit Judge" Stuart Abramson, who upon being elected, was promptly suspended by the Florida Bar for 91 days. To be a judge and not be able to practice law, or not be a judge, that is the question, that hung Hamlet like over our dear Thane Governor as he pondered "what to do ...what to do?"  now that it is clear he will not be vice president. The title of the post links to the Florida Supreme Court's decision today, which, shockingly, relies more upon "common sense" than the letter of the law. That is because Article V, section 8 of the Florida Constitution  states in part that a Judge must be "a member of the Bar of Florida". It does not say anything about being "a member in good standing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).