Copyright 2020 NPR. Republicans sought, and continue to seek, support there by promising a tough policy against Havana. She's a terrific woman from everything I know ... [but] I don't know her. "She's excellent," Trump said Monday on Fox News. The Florida judge has been on the federal bench for just about a year. Originally published on September 25, 2020 10:55 am . Ron DeSantis picked her for the state Supreme Court. ", "Joined in a ruling that Uber drivers are not entitled to unemployment benefits because they are independent contractors and not employees. 90.3 Hickory 106.1 Laurinburg, Published September 25, 2020 at 11:30 AM EDT. "That obligation is embodied in the judge's oath to 'administer justice without respect to persons.' They were replaced by Barbara Lagoa, Robert Luck, and Carlos Muniz. Barbara Lagoa in January 2019 speaking as Florida Gov. Copyright 2020 NPR. Jeb Bush appointed Lagoa to Florida's 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami, where she served for 13 years, rising briefly to chief judge. The 52-year-old Lagoa is the daughter of parents who fled Fidel Castro's communist regime in 1966 after the revolution. "We ask you to explain how your involvement in the decision ... and your continued participation in the case — is consistent with the commitments you made to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the code of conduct," the 10 Democrats on the committee "Cuba has a constitution and a bill of rights, and it means nothing," she said, "because there is no one to hold it and to say, 'This is what the definition of this constitution means' if it is always ever-changing. Upheld DeSantis' decision to oust the former Broward County sheriff from office in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. "If we are not bound by what the Constitution means, and it is ever changing, then we are no different than the country that my parents fled from, which is Cuba," Lagoa said during her 2019 confirmation hearing. ", "Joined in a ruling that Uber drivers are not entitled to unemployment benefits because they are independent contractors and not employees. Elián's father then sought to return the child to his custody in Cuba. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta later that year same year. Federal appeals court Judge Barbara Lagoa is high on President Trump's list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court seat left open by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Federal appeals court Judge Barbara Lagoa is high on President Trump's list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court seat left open by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While she had heard arguments and commented on the case as a Florida justice, she did not vote on it because she was appointed to the federal bench before the state court ruled.". She's a terrific woman from everything I know ... [but] I don't know her. During her 11 months on the 11th Circuit, she has written seven opinions, the fewest of all of her colleagues during that same period. In 2006, then-Gov. She's Cuban American and speaks fluent Spanish; she's a conservative Catholic, thus appealing to an important religious constituency; and perhaps most important of all, she is from Florida, a pivotal state in the upcoming presidential election. Stargel became pregnant as a teenager and feared telling her mother: “When I spoke to her, she actually advised (I have) an abortion,” Stargel said. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island said yesterday, “It’s not only the right of the unborn, but the right of parents to raise their children.”. President … At the time she was not viewed as a particularly controversial nominee, and she was confirmed by an 80-15 vote. ". She became controversial for not recusing herself from a felon voting rights case. She described the depths of her beliefs in that doctrine in her Senate confirmation hearing. At the time she was not viewed as a particularly controversial nominee, and she was confirmed by an 80-15 vote. 11th U.S. Empathy does not supersede a judge's obligation to follow the law.". To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. The 52-year-old Lagoa is the daughter of parents who fled Fidel Castro's communist regime in 1966 after the revolution. ". But the 11th Circuit, with Lagoa participating, intervened earlier this year to prevent the ex-felons from voting. Ron DeSantis picked her for the state Supreme Court. ", "Was part of a Supreme Court flip-flop on a foreclosure case that made it harder for homeowners to collect legal fees in disputes with the mortgage industry. Barbara Lagoa speaks in January 2019 in Miami after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked her for the state Supreme Court. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, said during her 2019 confirmation hearing. They will see the areas in which they agree and use that information to support their position while dismissing everything else. Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Though she was gone from the state court by the time the advisory opinion in the case was issued, judicial ethics rules require a judge to recuse herself if she has previously participated in any "proceeding" at "any stage of litigation.". González was the 5-year-old boy found floating in the ocean after his mother and others drowned while trying to flee to the United States. Lagoa pledged in her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing that she would recuse herself from any case in which she had participated as a judge. South Florida Sun Sentinel: Lagoa has been a member of the Federalist Society since 1998, and if nominated and confirmed, she would be another conservative Supreme Court justice who subscribes to "originalism.". Elián's father then sought to return the child to his custody in Cuba. Dezember 1791 verabschiedet. The political flap over González's case highlighted tensions over federal power in the United States and the political influence of the Cuban American community in South Florida. But the 11th Circuit, with Lagoa participating, intervened earlier this year to prevent the ex-felons from voting. Most people read the key pros and cons of the Second Amendment in the form of an echo chamber. She served for less than a year before President Trump nominated her to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution) verbietet als Teil der Bill of Rights der Bundesregierung, das Recht auf Besitz und Tragen von Waffen einzuschränken. 11th U.S. It involved a Florida referendum, passed by a large majority of Florida voters in 2018, that amended the state constitution and restored the right to vote to more than 1 million ex-felons in the state. She described the depths of her beliefs in that doctrine in her Senate confirmation hearing. Beating back 28 amendments from pro-abortion committee Democrats, Senate Republicans approved SB 404,a bill which would require teenagers under the age of 18 to obtain permission from their parents or legal guardian before having an abortion. Ron DeSantis' pick for the Florida Supreme Court. This post originally appeared in at National Right to Life News Today —- an online column on pro-life issues. 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