Florida State Rep. Fred Brummer had a lot on his mind when he awoke Friday in his Tallahassee hotel, but pushing for a constitutional amendment to elect Florida's Supreme Court justices wasn't among them. Florida State Rep. Fred Brummer had a lot on his mind when he awoke Friday in his Tallahassee hotel, but pushing for a constitutional amendment to elect Florida's Supreme Court justices wasn't among them.
People have a substantial disrespect for our judicial system.
Brummer said Saturday. The Republican base voters believe Democratic judges are rewriting the law to steal the election for Al Gore,'' Republican Sen. Locke Burt of Ormond Beach said. Brummer filed two bills in November. One would give Florida Gov. Jeb Bush more muscle in deciding the composition of the panels that pick judges. The other would make those panel deliberations open to the public.