For most people, words mean what they say. But not necessarily for a majority of Supreme Court justices in two important decisions handed down Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is sounding the alarm about the future of U.S. space flights but industry officials in Florida remained calm after the latest explosion of a cargo rocket on Sunday.

Nelson met with SpaceX and NASA officials on Monday to discuss why the resupply rocket exploded. The disaster was the third in the past year involving a cargo ship headed to the International Space Station.

Welcome to The Dean's List -- an Ed Dean-style look at who Florida's political achievers were (and weren't) in the last seven days. What you see here is strictly my opinion, not necessarily the editor's or the rest of the staff at Sunshine State News. 

THOSE WHO MADE THE LIST 

A Florida Democrat who is running for the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that he is backing a bill from a Republican presidential hopeful. 

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the Senate in 2016, said on Monday that he is backing the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available (Police CAMERA) Act.