Representative Geraldine F. Thompson v. Governor Ron DeSantis

Summary

The court held that a constitutional bar-membership requirement for appointment to the Supreme Court attaches when the appointment becomes effective, so the Governor exceeded his authority by appointing an ineligible nominee. Nevertheless, the court denied the petition because the petitioner delayed challenging the nominating commission's list and requested a remedy the court could not properly grant. The legally appropriate remedy would have been an appointment from the existing certified list, which was contrary to the petitioner's stated objectives.