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Nikki Fried rips Ron DeSantis' 'outrageous' appeals court judge
Nikki Fried rips Ron DeSantis’ ‘outrageous’ appeals court judge, says he’d never make a federal courtThe Florida Democrats don’t comment on every Ron DeSantis judicial appointee, but they’re making an exception for Apopka’s Roger Gannam.
Chair Nikki Fried fumed Friday about the alleged extremism of the Liberty Counsel litigator named to the 6th District Court of Appeal, saying that the historically right-wing lawyer would never get confirmed to a federal court.
“This is outrageous,” said FDP Chair Fried. “After Ron threw out a democratically elected State Attorney this week, he has continued his crusade to consolidate the courts and stack the judicial bench with activist judges like Roger Gannam, who has a long history of attacking women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community.”
“He would never be appointed to a federal bench. How can the people of Florida seriously expect a fair and impartial hearing when he can’t even answer a question about his own biases? He should be nowhere near a courtroom — in Florida or anywhere else.”
Fried’s question regarding biases relates to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel examination of 15 applicants, including Gannam, who vied for the Florida Supreme Court seat Justice Ricky Polston vacated. The Sentinel noted Gannam wrote “N/A,” not applicable, in response to a Judicial Nominating Committee question about whether he would be biased on an issue that might reach the court.
Chair Nikki Fried fumed Friday about the alleged extremism of the Liberty Counsel litigator named to the 6th District Court of Appeal, saying that the historically right-wing lawyer would never get confirmed to a federal court.
“This is outrageous,” said FDP Chair Fried. “After Ron threw out a democratically elected State Attorney this week, he has continued his crusade to consolidate the courts and stack the judicial bench with activist judges like Roger Gannam, who has a long history of attacking women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community.”
“He would never be appointed to a federal bench. How can the people of Florida seriously expect a fair and impartial hearing when he can’t even answer a question about his own biases? He should be nowhere near a courtroom — in Florida or anywhere else.”
Fried’s question regarding biases relates to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel examination of 15 applicants, including Gannam, who vied for the Florida Supreme Court seat Justice Ricky Polston vacated. The Sentinel noted Gannam wrote “N/A,” not applicable, in response to a Judicial Nominating Committee question about whether he would be biased on an issue that might reach the court.