Hoodline: Senate Questions Florida Judge Over Trump-Pulitzer Ruling
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on April 30, 2026.
Progressive organizations urged the committee to spike Kuntz’s confirmation, arguing the timeline created at least an appearance of impropriety. The Alliance for Justice’s fact sheet contends Kuntz “violat[ed] Florida’s Code of Judicial Conduct” by not recusing from the case, and People For the American Way filed a formal letter of opposition raising similar alarms, according to Alliance for Justice and People For the American Way. The dust-up directly recalls last year’s confirmation of Ed Artau, who sat on the same appeals court panel and was later elevated to the Southern District, as reported by the Miami Herald.