You Be The Judge

SCOTUS to Hear Appeal of Florida Supreme Court’s Bad Call

nicole — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:03:43 +0000

“When it had a chance to uphold property rights, the Florida Supreme Court got it wrong. Will the U.S. Supreme Court now get it right? The question arose last Friday when the nation’s highest court – during the first week of its 2012-13 term — agreed to hear an appeal of the Florida court’s misguided decision.” http://bit.ly/QfrT1U

Slade O’Brien in USA Today: If courts overstep, citizens must act

nicole — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:39:50 +0000

If you ask the Founding Fathers, the federal judiciary was to serve as a check on the legislative and executive branches. Under the Florida Constitution, the Florida courts are designed to serve a similar role. Sadly, though, numerous examples have shown the Florida Supreme Court rewriting law to fit its own desired outcome. Read more here http://bit.ly/VMZTbC

Property rights and an overreaching government

@ustin — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:31:34 +0000

The second video in our series, it focuses on the 2011 case of SJRWMD v Koonyz in which the court invalidated a number of lower court decisions that stated the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) had effectively stolen private property from the Koontz’s. The family was awarded $367,000 in damages but the Supreme Court overturned that ruling saying that it could cause government regulation to cost too much.

Our courts are supposed to protect our rights.

Sign the petition today and stand with citizens from across the state.

It’s time to stand up Floridians and tell the court we are paying attention.

nicole — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:01:26 +0000

Take a look at this Breitbart article about You Be The Judge “ State and federal judges have been taking the law into their own hands for decades, deliberately misreading law to reach their preferred political conclusions. AFP is standing up against that, and informing the public in Florida of their right to stand up, too.” http://bit.ly/Tx11PJ

We should be able to depend on the court system to be fair and consistent in it’s rulings.

nicole — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:54:58 +0000

We should be able to depend on the court system to be fair and consistent in it’s rulings. That is not always the case. When you look into why the the court removed the Healthcare Freedom Amendment from the Ballot in 2010 you will see the inconsistency and the Judicial Activism. Take a look at our Cases page to read more and don’t forget to sign a petition telling the FL Supreme Court the we need fair and consistent rulings.

So What Is Judicial Activism?

You Be The Judge team — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:23:14 +0000

Don’t think judicial activism affects you?

You’ll be surprised to learn about how Florida’s Supreme Court is legislating from the bench and denying Floridians the basic right to vote on some of the most important decisions of our time. That is why we’ve launched www.YouBeTheJudgeFL.com. Here, you can sign the petition to stand with other Floridians demanding the court respect the separation of powers, protect your fundamental rights, and safeguards your liberties!

You Can learn more about the Florida Supreme Court, read up on recent court cases, and most importantly, you can be the judge!

Florida Voters Denied Chance to Challenge Federal Health Care Law

You Be The Judge team — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:20:37 +0000

The legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment during the 2010 session that would have placed the Healthcare Freedom Amendment on the November 2010 ballot, however the justices removed that amendment from the ballot, citing “misleading” language. Rather than allowing the description to be re-written, they struck it out entirely and left us with no chance to exercise the fundamental right to a vote.

Are the Florida supreme court justices working in our best interest? You be the judge.

Take a look at the legal breakdown and get all the unbiased details of the case here.

Shouldn’t Florida Courts Protect Our Rights?

You Be The Judge team — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:58:24 +0000

In 2009 -2010, the debate over health care reform got heated. But that is what we do in America, we debate and listen to all sides of the issue. Almost everyone agreed something had to be done, but there was disagreement on just what that reform would look like. Even today, most Americans oppose the new health care law. This is why states began to allow the people to decide. States like Ohio and Arizona put the issue on the ballot, giving their citizens a voice and a vote.

But Florida denied us that right. In 2010, the legislature voted to allow put an amendment on the ballot that gave Floridians the right to vote on how much control government and Washington bureaucrats will have on our health care. But, the Florida Supreme Court removed this amendment from the ballot, stripping us of the most basic right we have as citizens, the right to vote.

Shouldn’t Florida’s courts be above petty politics? Shouldn’t Florida’s Supreme Court strive to protect the rights of its citizens first?

Sign the petition today and stand with citizens from across the state.