For the first time in 36 years, the Florida Supreme Court will not have an African-American member when three new justices join the court early next year.

An incensed Gov. Rick Scott this week raised the specter of vetoing the state budget, but history shows Florida governors rarely exercise their executive power to red-line the entire spending plan.

Angry about the Legislature refusing to go along with his funding requests for tourism marketing, business incentives and Lake Okeechobee dike repairs, Scott said vetoing the new $83 billion budget, which the Legislature is poised to pass on Monday, is “an option.”