Overview
- Canady announced he will become director and a tenured professor at the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education starting in 2026.
- A Florida Supreme Court spokesman said Canady has not submitted a formal resignation and remains a sitting justice.
- Replacing Canady would give DeSantis six of the court’s seven seats, further consolidating a conservative majority.
- Appointed in 2008 by then-Gov. Charlie Crist, Canady is the court’s longest-serving current member and a former state lawmaker and four-term congressman who served as a House impeachment manager in 1999.
- Though widely seen as conservative, he joined 4–3 decisions in 2024 allowing abortion-access and recreational-cannabis initiatives to appear on the ballot.