US EditionFlorida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady to retire, giving DeSantis another appointment
Canady, Florida Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice, will lead UF’s Hamilton School starting 2026, creating a vacancy for Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill.
- In a Nov. 17 statement, Canady announced he will leave the Florida Supreme Court to lead UF’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, calling service on the court a 'great privilege.'
- Having long considered academia, Canady will begin his new role in 2026, fulfilling a long-held interest he set aside after law school and moving to public service as director and tenured professor at the Hamilton School.
- Canady, appointed in 2008 by Gov. Charlie Crist, is the court’s longest‑serving current justice and served multiple Florida House terms, four U.S. House terms, and three chief justice stints.
- Canady’s exit gives Gov. Ron DeSantis the chance to appoint a new justice, with the judicial qualifying commission providing a replacement nominee list for the governor’s choice.
- In recent years critics urged Canady’s recusal in cases tied to his wife’s legislation, while the Hamilton School emphasizes Western and American foundations with a conservative curriculum shift.
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Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady to Step Down in 2026
Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles T. Canady will leave the state’s highest court in 2026 to lead the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. Canady announced this week that he will step down from the bench to serve as director and a tenured professor at the Hamilton School, a UF program created in 2022 to focus on classical and civic education. In a statement released by the court, he said he will begin the…
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By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The longest-serving current member of the Florida Supreme Court, Justice Charles Canady, is leaving the bench to join the University of Florida as director of the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. Canady — whose wife, state Rep. Jennifer Canady, is in line to become state House speaker in 2028 — announced his departure Monday, calling it a “great privilege to serve the peopl…
Justice Charles Canady Resigning Florida Supreme Court Seta for UF Civics Post
The longest-serving current member of the Florida Supreme Court, Justice Charles Canady, is leaving the bench to join the University of Florida as director of the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education. Canady — whose wife, state Rep. Jennifer Canady, is in line to become state House speaker in 2028 — announced his departure Monday, calling it a “great privilege to serve the people of Florida as a justice” for the past 17 years. The p…
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