The Legislature’s power of the purse trumps public employees’ state constitutional right to collective bargaining, a former Florida Supreme Court justice argued in papers filed with his colleagues.
Ex-Justice Raoul Cantero filed the brief this week on behalf of Republican Governor Rick Scott and other state officials. They are appealing a Leon Circuit judge’s ruling that struck down a new requirement for public employees to contribute 3 percent of their pay to the $126 billion Florida Retirement System.
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