April 3, 2001

The Honorable Tom Feeney
Florida Speaker of the House
Room 420
The Capitol
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1300

Dear Representative Feeney:

I had requested, in my previous correspondence, that you keep track of our action against The Florida Bar. This will advise you that our Petition for Writ of Mandamus, SC01-299, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court of Florida. Their decision is based on the ludicrous premise that the Supreme Court of Florida has no jurisdiction over its own agency, The Florida Bar. Further, the finding in refusing to hear the Petition for Writ of Mandamus, over Judge Anstead’s dissent, is a clear indication of the seriousness of this problem in the Judiciary affecting the citizens of this state.

The Supreme Court Justices have chosen to find no jurisdiction, rather than deal with the blatant transgressions of Florida Bar officials under its authority. These officials, John Harkness and Kathi Lee Kilpatrick, have lied and misrepresented the facts in order to protect Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. What we have here is a tyrannical system. The Florida Bar is above the Rule of Law. The Florida Bar can act unfairly, illegally, without equity, and do so without jurisdiction from a higher authority. The Supreme Court of Florida has just confirmed this to be true in their own decision.

We turn, now, to you, the Legislature to insist that our due process and civil rights are granted under the Constitution and that the Florida Supreme Court upholds the law under the Constitution.

Very truly yours,

Meryl M. Lanson

Enclosure

Governor Jeb Bush

Attorney General Bob Butterworth

Representative Larry Crow
Representative Nancy Argenziano
Representative Loranne Ausley
Representative Allen Bense
Representative Fred Brummer
Representative Terry Fields
Representative Dudley Goodlette
Representative Jeff Kottkamp
Representative Jerry Melvin
Representative Joe Pickens
Representative Dennis Ross
Representative Tim Ryan
Representative Jack Seiler

Senate President John McKay
Senator Locke Burt
Senator Buddy Dyer
Senator Walter "Skip" Campbell
Senator Rudy Garcia
Senator Jim Horne
Senator Daryl L. Jones
Senator Durell Peaden, Jr.
Senator Jim Sebesta
Senator Ronald A. Silver
Senator J. Alex Villalobos
Senator Daniel Webster

Chief Justice Charles T. Wells
Justice Harry Lee Anstead
Justice Major B. Harding
Justice R. Fred Lewis
Justice Barbara J. Pariente
Justice Peggy A. Quince
Justice Leander J. Shaw