Prior to Trump's appointment of Lagoa last year, she served as the first Hispanic woman and the first Cuban American woman on the Supreme Court of Florida, having been appointed to it in January 2019 by Republican Gov. Before a recent decision in the case, the Supreme Court had declined to step in before the full circuit court ruled. The Supreme Court split 6-3, with Ginsburg in the minority. In response to written questions from Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, Lagoa said the 1973 decision "is binding precedent of the Supreme Court and I would faithfully follow it," noting that for "lower court judges, all Supreme Court precedent, including Roe v. Wade ... is settled law." Prior to being appointed by DeSantis to the Florida Supreme Court, Lagoa served for more than a decade on the 3rd District Court of Appeal, a position she was appointed to in 2006 by then-Gov.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 20:48 UTC