Maybe its the proximity of Disney World, but Central Florida is a breeding area for whackoes.

The Miami Herald reports that a Central Florida group seeks ouster of 2 high-court judges.

The Republican legislature passed 6 amendments for the November ballot, but three of them were rejected for failing to meet the requirements of the Florida constitution and/or laws. This group is upset because the Florida Supreme Court rejected Amendment 9, a thinly veiled attempt to block some provisions of Obama’s bogus health insurance corporations enrichment law.

Supreme Court justices in Florida are subject to periodic retention elections, and these two guys, both newly appointed, are up for their first one. What they did was refuse to usurp the power of the legislature and change the wording of the ballot summary.

Understand, everyone agreed that the wording that the legislature supplied for their amendment was inaccurate and misleading, but the proponents wanted the court to substitute new language. The court found that it has no power to do that, and just threw out the amendment, which is the standard procedure. Essentially these two justices are being attacked for not exceeding their authority.

The legislature should just stop trying to get “cute” on its summaries and just tell people what they are. They propose amendments for only three reasons: pandering to their base, pandering to campaign contributors, and/or negating amendments sponsored by outside groups. If they just label all of their amendments with one or more of those explanations, they would be cleared for the ballot every time.

Position: 24.5N 80.0W [ 4 PM CDT 2100 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 345 miles [555 km].
Minimum central pressure: 996 mb.

Currently about 165 miles [270 km] Southwest of Nassau, Bahamas.

Nicole has dissipated into an elongated low pressure area over the Straits of Florida. All Watches and Warnings have been canceled. This is the final advisory.

There will still be wind and rain generated in the area, but Nicole has lost the organization of a Tropical Storm.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

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