What’s going on with trial court ‘consolidation’? It looks a lot like Florida-style gerrymandering

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By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org

A new push to “consolidate” Florida courts has people talking about politics — more precisely, about gerrymandering.

A committee of 14 stakeholders in the judicial system met for the first time Friday. They have 4½ months to formulate an answer to this question: Does the state need all 20 of its trial court circuits?

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