Rabbi, co-plaintiffs suing state over abortion law demand judge’s removal
A progressive South Florida rabbi and co-plaintiffs suing Florida over the state’s new ban on most abortions after 15 weeks called for the judge overseeing the case to be removed for “bias” and “trivialization of women’s rights and religious freedom.”
Rabbi Barry Silver of Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor in Boynton Beach and co-plaintiffs filed to “disqualify and/or recuse” Judge Lee Marsh of the 2nd Circuit Court in Leon County just before noon Wednesday.
Marsh denied the motion less than three hours later, calling it “legally insufficient.”
The motion cited Marsh’s Oct. 10 decision not to hear arguments from either party and his ruling that the case is a non-emergency that should be stayed pendi...
