A vacancy on Florida’s Supreme Court has given Ron DeSantis a path to cement his legacy of shifting the bench farther right as he vies with former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
DeSantis, who now has a seventh choice for the state’s top court, shows the same appetite as Trump for culture warriors on the bench who will uphold conservative causes.
One of DeSantis’ political trademarks is a penchant for provocation, and he’s likely to seek nominees who share his willingness to challenge precedents, Georgia State University College of Law professor Anthony Michael Kreis said.
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