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Also, I know this is a complete subject change but this story was so crazy I had to mention it since we have an UPDATE.

Flordia Supreme Court ruled that Rick Scott can't enact his last minute court packing scheme.

The backstory on this is insane. The kind of insane you only find in Florida: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/rick-scott-plans-to-pack-the-florida-supreme-court-after-his-term-ends.html

The whole thing is nuts but as a rough summary: On the same day the FL Governor is sworn in 3/7 of the Florida Supreme Court judges have their terms end (All left-leaning). Scott was arguing that the judges have their terms end at midnight but that his term doesn't end until his successor is sworn in (usually noon) and thus he could appoint in that 12 hour window. This in spite of the fact that the Florida constitution says the governor's term starts at midnight (and there is precedent for being sworn in at midnight.) There was also the bonus factor that if Scott won the Senate race he'd have to resign as governor a few days prior and this scheme would be enacted by his Lt. Gov. And there's a judicial selection committee that is controlled by Scott appointees that could stack the deck further.

aaaaaanyway, like I said, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that he can't do this - provided the new governor chooses to be sworn in at midnight. Which seemed obvious as hell based on the state constitution but they were seemingly trying to go for it anyway. That judicial selection committee is still a thing though.
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