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Jorge Labarga (born October 21, 1952) is a justice of the Florida Supreme Court, taking office on January 6, 2009. On June 30, 2014, he was sworn in as Florida's 56th Chief Justice and the first Cuban-American to hold the post. He was succeeded on July 1, 2018, by Charles T. Canady.
On January 6, 2009, he took office on the Florida Supreme Court after appointment by Governor Crist. He is the 84th Justice to take office at the Florida Supreme Court since statehood was granted in 1845.
16 de out. de 2023 · Justice Jorge Labarga is the 84th Justice on the Supreme Court and was born in Havana, Cuba, though his family fled to freedom in Florida when he was a child. He was appointed in 2009 and faces merit retention vote in 2028.
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Labarga was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 21, 1952. He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1963.He received a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Florida in 1976 and 1979, respectively. Labarga became an assistant public defender in West Palm Beach in 1979. He joined the state attorney's office in West Palm Be...
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Labarga was appointed to the court by Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on January 2, 2009, to replace retiring Justice Harry Lee Anstead.He assumed office on January 6, 2009.
Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship
1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship and Ballotpedia Courts: Determiners and Dissenters Last updated: June 15, 2020 In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020. The study presented Confidence Scoresthat represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on an ide...
Bonica and Woodruff campaign finance scores
1. 1.1. See also: Bonica and Woodruff campaign finance scores of state supreme court justices, 2012 In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal. Labarga received a campaign finance score of 0.5, indicating a conservativ...
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Learn how Jorge Labarga escaped from Cuba as a child and became the first Cuban-American to lead the Florida judiciary. Read about his journey from a sugarcane field to the state's highest court and his views on democracy and justice.
6 de jul. de 2022 · Jorge Labarga, the first Cuban American chief justice of Florida, was one of 34 naturalized citizens recognized by the Carnegie Corporation for their contributions to America. He was praised for his integrity, devotion to the law, and advocacy for immigrants' rights.
2 de jul. de 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Jorge Labarga, who became the first Cuban-American chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court in 2014. Read how he rose from a sugar cane farm to the highest court in the state, and his views on diversity and judicial funding.
