Judge Jared Smith lost a re-election campaign after he denied a 17-year-old girl an abortion, citing her 2.0 GPA. Breaking News Reporter Breaking News Reporter [email protected] ...

Jared Smith, the former Hillsborough County judge who was ousted by voters last year after a controversial ruling in an abortion case, is vying to be a justice on the Florida Supreme Court ...

Jared Smith and John Stargel — are among the finalists selected by the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Thomas Palermo and 20th Judicial ...

Jared Smith, the Hillsborough circuit ... Geraldine Thompson, a Democrat, filed a challenge in the Florida Supreme Court. She claimed that Smith, Beltran and two other nominees were ineligible ...

A hearing panel of the Florida Judicial ... then-Circuit Judge Jared Smith. Jacobs defeated Smith, who was then appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the 6th District Court of Appeal.

Voters in 10 Florida counties will be asked whether ... with a yes vote to retain or a no vote to remove from the court. Smith graduated with his Bachelor of Business Administration with a degree ...

Two Florida Supreme Court judges and 23 District Appeals Court judges faced merit retention. "Yes" votes mean they stay on the bench. With 97.97% of the vote in, here are the unofficial results so ...

Most circuit and county court judges are elected, but the governor appoints Florida Supreme Court justices and District Court of Appeal judges (and may appoint the others if a vacancy opens ...