67 So. 3d 415 - Snipes v. Telli’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The reasoning in Cook may be briefly summarized. First, the Supreme Court held that “a term limit provision is a disqualification from election to office.” Id. at 92 (citing Advisory Opinion to the Attorney Gen. — Limited Political Terms in Certain Elective Offices, 592 So.2d 225 (Fla.1991)). Next, the Court held that “article VI, section 4, Florida Constitution, imposes those disqualifications which may be validly imposed upon offices authorized by the Constitution.” Id. at 92-93. The Court relied on the canon of construction expressio unius est exclusio alterius, and held that the imposition of term limits by article AT, section 4(b), Florida Constitution, on certain constitutionally authorized offices necessarily excluded their imposition on other offices, except by constitutional amendment. “By the constitution identifying the offices to which a term limit disqualification applies, we find that it necessarily follows that the constitutionally authorized offices not included in article VT, section 4(b), may not have a term limit disqualification imposed.” Cook, 823 So.2d at 93-94 ( [emphasis] supplied). Crucial to this case is what the Supreme Court meant by its use of the term “constitutionally authorized offices” and the other variations of that phrase in Cook.”

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   e.g. 94 So. 3d 504 - Telli v. Broward County