WARMING UP IN THE FLORIDA BULLPEN :

Gov. Jeb Bush Names First Hispanic to Florida's Supreme Court (Jackie Hallifax, July 10, 2002, Associated Press)

Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday named a grandson of former Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista as the first Hispanic on the Florida Supreme Court.

Raoul Cantero III, a Miami attorney and Harvard Law School graduate, replaces Justice Major Harding, who is retiring after 11 years.

"I have named a person who is the of the finest appellate lawyers in the state," Bush said. "Above all else, Raoul is a man of exceptional character."

Here's how you end run the Democrats who refuse to seat any conservative Hispanic judges on the Federal bench. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 10, 2002 4:55 PM