TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sternly criticized a Black Democratic lawmaker for challenging his pick of a Jamaican-American woman for the Supreme Court, saying Wednesday that if the representative wins her case, there will be no Black justices on the high court.State Rep.
Geraldine Thompson is challenging the selection of Judge Renatha Francis because she did not meet the constitutional requirement of being a Florida Bar member for at least 10 years.
DeSantis knew that when she was appointed in May, but said Francis would not take her oath to sit on the Supreme Court until Sept.