TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady will leave the state’s high court in 2026.

Canady, who was appointed by former Gov. Charlie Crist in 2008, announced on Monday that he was leaving to become director of the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida.

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“I will always deeply value my years on the Court. But the time has come to move on to another position of public service,” Canady wrote in his announcement.

In the letter, Canady also thanks UF Board of Trustees Chairman Mori Hosseini and Interim President Don Landry for the chance.

Canady, 71, served in the Florida House and in U.S. Congress before becoming general counsel and later an appeals court judge under former Gov. Jeb Bush.

During his tim

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