Pat Bainter, as Non-Parties v. League of Women Voters of Florida

The narrow issue we address is whether the trial court erred by ordering the production of 538 pages of documents subpoenaed in a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Florida Legislature’s 2012 congressional redistricting plan.1 We affirm the trial court’s ruling. We hold that any objection to the production of these documents based on a qualified First Amendment privilege has been waived. We reach this conclusion after a detailed examination of the record regarding the litigation of this discovery issue, which clearly and conclusively demonstrates the inexcusable delay of…