What decisions has Renatha Francis made in Supreme Court cases?

Since last year, Francis has twice joined the court's majority in rejecting efforts by former prosecutors to challenge her suspension by DeSantis from positions voters elected her to. In 2023, she agreed with other justices' finding that the voter-approved privacy measure called “Marsy's Law” cannot be used to protect the identities of police officers when they use deadly force. While Francis and another judge agreed on many of the cases, they broke last year with a majority that ordered the state Public Service Commission to provide more justification for an agreement with Florida Power & Light to increase customers' base electricity rates increase. Nothing in the law allows the court to be “project manager for the commission,” Francis wrote.

Who is Meredith Sasso?

Sasso, 41, is a Tallahassee native who earned her bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Florida. After working in civil law in Central Florida, she was hired in 2016 by then-Gov. Rick Scott's office, where he represents him in Supreme Court hearings and elsewhere as deputy general counsel. Scott appointed her to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach before leaving office in 2019, and DeSantis assigned her to the newly created Sixth Circuit in Clearwater beginning in January 2023.

Who appointed Meredith Sasso to the Supreme Court?

DeSantis appointed Sasso to the Supreme Court in May 2023, making her one of five justices on the seven-member court the governor picked for his second term.