FL judge who ruled that 16 yo could not get abortion, gets ousted tonight

[Nevilledog]

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Aug 23, 2022
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RESULT: Do you remember Jared Smith, the Florida judge in Hillsbourgh County (Tampa) who tried to block a teenager from accessing abortion because her grades were too low? (https://jezebel.com/florida-judge-tried-to-deny-teen-abortion-over-her-gpa-1848419163…)

He was ousted tonight. He trails 52% to 48% with mail + all precincts reporting.

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The race is nonpartisan, but here's just one indication that Democratic voters supported his opponent Nancy Jacobs: Jacobs won the mail-in vote very solidly, and Smith won the Election Day vote very solidly.
6:24 PM · Aug 23, 2022

[LonePirate]

1. The word "not" is missing from your thread title.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. yep. makes a BIG difference!

[Nevilledog]

8. Fixed it.... Thanks!

[ornotna]

4. Your title is misleading

The outcome was good though.

[Nevilledog]

7. It's not misleading, it was a fucking mistake. I fixed it.

[ornotna]

9. Well all right then

Feel better now?

[Nevilledog]

10. Nope

[berniesandersmittens]

5. K&R

[Sky Jewels]

6. Great news! ... And, yes, he ruled she could NOT get an abortion.

[crickets]

11. Good riddance. That this happened in FL gives me hope. nt

[Nevilledog]

12. Not so fast.... Like 25 of DeSantis endorsed school board candidates have won

[crickets]

13. 🤦 Aw, dammit.

Well, I am happy to see that one judge ousted anyway.

[Demsrule86]

15. That is local...I don't think that is the same thing.

[Nevilledog]

19. ...

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Ron DeSantis scored big tonight in swinging local school boards to the far-right; will have big consequences for education policy, the teaching of racism, LGBTQ rights, and more.

By my count, he endorsed 29 candidates & 24 won, incl. 4 across in populous Miami-Dade & Duval.
8:19 PM · Aug 23, 2022

[hay rick]

23. I watched it first hand.

Two Moms for Liberty candidates defeated two vastly better qualified candidates in my county. In one race the MFL's educational background was one year of community college and her work experience was 6 years as an administrative assistant at a Christian daycare center that also had 40 students enrolled in K-3. In the other race a lightly qualified MFL knocked off an incumbent Republican with over 20 years experience as a teacher. DeSantis' PAC sent out multiple mailers including attack mail pieces, sent robocalls, and did a texting campaign.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

14. Thanks, Nevilledog!

[niyad]

16. May he receive everything he deserves.

[JoeOtterbein]

17. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt

[calimary]

18. Well, that's two. Add that to Kansas.

Good!

[Demovictory9]

21. Yep..Ryans message was "choice is on the.ballot" pro choice is winning msg

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. Battle cry of this election: Roe your vote!

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

Don't let the radicalized Republican party off the hook for the horrors caused by Dobbs.

[EnergizedLib]

20. So, help me out here

It seems to me voters, people in this country, want Roe.

Am I missing something?

[calimary]

22. You're not, but Republicans everywhere sure are trying to. And rather desperately, at that.

[Demovictory9]

24. He will be scrambling for a job to support this big family

https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2022/07/jared-smith-for-circuit-court-judge-group-37/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. Florida Voters Abort Career Of Judge Who Ruled Teen Girl Wasn't Mature Enough For Abortion

Florida Voters Abort Career Of Judge Who Ruled Teen Girl Wasn't Mature Enough For Abortion

Doktor Zoom August 25, 2022 08:51 AM

There may well be no real justice in the Universe, just a series of accidents. Gilda Radner was gone at 42, while Henry Kissinger seems set to survive until the dying Sun expands and devours Earth.

But once in a while, people do seem to get at least a little of what they deserve, like when 105-year-old Civil Rights activist Amelia Boynton, who was beaten by cops in Selma and attended the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, was Barack Obama's guest for his 2015 State of the Union address. He met with her in the office of her old friend John Lewis, and told her, accurately, "I am here because of you." Talk about the moral arc of the universe!

Other times, people get what's coming to them in a more punitive sense, so let's turn our attention to Tuesday's judicial elections in Hillsborough County, Florida, where voters elected attorney Nancy Jacobs to replace incumbent Circuit Judge Jared Smith. Smith gained national notoriety in January when he ruled that a pregnant 17-year-old wasn't "mature" enough to be allowed to have an abortion, so she'd have to give birth. Fortunately, Smith's decision was reversed on appeal.

And now, in one of those rare cases where judges aren't simply reelected because voters don't know anything about judicial candidates, Smith has lost his seat, goodbye, despite somehow getting the endorsement of the Tampa Bay Times before the election.

We should also note that the case that made Smith notorious is different from a similar case Yr Wonkette covered earlier this month, in which a completely different 16-year-old girl was also found too immature to choose an abortion, so she would have to go ahead and be an immature teen mom. Unlike the case Smith ruled in, that more recent case was upheld on appeal, so there's little chance for the girl, who has no parents, to seek other relief. As Evan said at the time, the end of Roe will mean we'll be hearing al lot more about cases like these.

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