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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – An appeals court wants The Florida Bar to consider taking action against a Panhandle attorney who pursued a high-profile case seeking to force Gov. “Appellant (Uhlfelder) and his counsel undoubtedly used this court merely as a stage from which to act out their version of political theater. AdDeSantis issued a “safer at home” order but refused to close beaches statewide, though some local governments temporarily imposed beach closures. Leon County Circuit Judge Kevin Carroll in April ruled against Uhlfelder, saying the state Constitution gives the governor discretion about handling emergencies. In the order Friday, the appeals-court panel referred the issue to the Bar “for its consideration of whether Appellant and his counsel violated the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A state appeals court on Friday allowed the Florida House of Representatives to intervene in a lawsuit that could upend the state's medical marijuana system. Dodson's ruling also struck down a portion of the law that set a cap on the number of medical marijuana operators in the state. While the constitutional amendment made the Department of Health responsible for implementation, it gave policymaking authority to the Legislature, Thomas noted. The amendment legalizing medical marijuana "institutes a dramatic sea change in the regulation of marijuana in Florida," and the new provisions of the state law "attempt to navigate these changes," Thomas added. And, Makar noted, Dodson "felt it odd that the House, which frequently seeks to not be a party-defendant in other civil cases, wanted to accept that responsibility" in the medical marijuana case.

But Tampa-based Florigrown argued that legislators instead should concentrate on fixing the law, aimed at carrying out a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana. But the Tallahassee judge refused to allow the House to join in the lawsuit. How can the House not be allowed to intervene on the merits of that determination? Thomas asked Katherine Giddings, a lawyer representing Florigrown. But Thomas disagreed, saying the constitutionality of the law will be determined by the appeals court, not the circuit judge. But Judge Scott Makar questioned why the House was bothering to intervene in the case, which Makar said would almost certainly wind up before the Florida Supreme Court.