An embattled state prosecutor wants the Florida Supreme Court to referee a brawl over death penalty politics, race relations and the power of elected officials.

Gov. Rick Scott and Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala are locked in a power struggle that needs resolution by the courts. After Ayala refused to seek the death penalty in capital cases, Scott removed her from all 23 homicide cases in her Orlando-area jurisdiction and sent them to Ocala prosecutor Brad King.