Scott Cannot Appoint New Florida Justices

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who’s leaving office in January due to term limits, does not have the authority to fill three vacant seats on the state’s Supreme Court, the court ruled on Monday, Axios reports.

“This raises the stakes in Florida’s highly contested gubernatorial race between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis, because the winner will decide the ideological balance of the seven-member court for years.”