Andy FORD, et al., Appellants,
v.
Kurt BROWNING, etc., et al., Appellees.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 15, 2008.
September 15, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ronald G. Meyer and Jennifer S. Blohm of Meyer and Brooks, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Robert H. Chanin, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; John M. West and Daniel A. Zibel of Bredhoff and Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Pamela L. Cooper, Florida Education Association, Tallahassee, FL; Judith E. Schaeffer, People For the American Way Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Ayesha N. Khan, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C.; Joy Causseaux Frank, Florida Association of District School Superintendents, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; Randall C. Marshall, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL; David L. Barkey, Anti-Defamation League, Boca Raton, FL; and Jeffrey Philip Sinensky, American Jewish Committee, New York, NY, for Appellants.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Timothy D. Osterhaus and Courtney Brewer, Deputy Solicitors General, and Blaine H. Winship, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Lynn C. Hearn, General Counsel, Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.
Stephen H. Grimes and Nathan A. Adams, IV of Holland and Knight, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Catholic Conference, Inc., Mercy Hospital, Inc., Friends of Lubavitch of Florida, Inc., Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc., and Association of Christian Schools International; and Daniel J. Woodring of Woodring Law Firm, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Taxation and Budget Reform Commission Chair Allan Bense and other members, as Intervenor Respondents.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, FL, on behalf of Eileen F. Roy, Susan W. Bottcher, David E. Jones, Hanna Peterson and David M. Chalmers, Citizens and Taxpayers of Florida, as Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
WELLS, J.
Appellants filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit for Leon County, challenging two proposed constitutional amendments submitted by the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission (TBRC) on the ground that TBRC does not have the authority to propose constitutional revisions on these subjects. The first constitutional proposal would amend the freedom of religion provision found in article I, section 3 of the Florida Constitution by...
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