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5 Aug 2022, 12:52 pm by Rick Hasen
AJC: A federal judge ruled Friday that Georgia must end statewide elections for the Public Service Commission because they discriminate against Black voters, a decision that could bar state officials from holding a November election to fill two seats.U.S. [read post]
28 May 2022, 1:00 pm by Rick Hasen
 But a bigger congratulations goes to election administrators in Texas and Georgia, who pulled off successful elections last week after both states passed winding and… Continue reading [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 7:12 am by Rick Hasen
WaPo: For months, Georgia voting rights advocates and faith leaders warned that a new state law would drastically suppress minority turnout and pleaded with Congress to enshrine protections.But with no signs of progress in President Biden’s push for voting rights… Continue reading [read post]
16 May 2011, 1:21 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
While I applaud Georgia's efforts to improve its jury selection process, I did find a quote within the article quite interesting. [read post]
16 May 2011, 1:21 am by Thaddeus Hoffmeister
While I applaud Georgia's efforts to improve its jury selection process, I did find a quote within the article quite interesting.  [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 8:43 am by Steve Hall
It's a must-read for those following Georgia's indigent defense crisis.In an opinion that once again raises concerns about the state's shortage of funds for indigent capital defense, a divided Georgia Supreme Court has sent a death penalty case back to the trial court to determine if a systemic breakdown in the state's public defender system deprived the defendant of counsel. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 11:56 am by M. Brandon Smith
This was moments before a deadly DUI crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. in Atlanta, Georgia. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 9:30 pm by Dan Ernst
Brophy, University of North Carolina School of Law, has posted Re-Integrating Spaces: The Possibilities of Common Law Property, which appears in the Savannah Law Review 2 (2015): 1-20:"Re-Integrating Spaces" is part of a symposium on progressive property held at Savannah Law School as part of the re-dedication of their building, which was constructed in the early nineteenth century and used as a hospital for much of its existence.The essay uses the building's long history as a guide… [read post]
19 May 2023, 9:00 am by Derek Muller
The Eleventh Circuit, in a case out of Florida, held that Section 2… Continue reading The post Georgia moves to toss United States’ SB 202 suit under the Voting Rights Act after 11th Circuit opinion appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 7:43 pm by Rick Hasen
’ As chairman of the Georgia State Election Board, I can attest that every year we investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election and voter fraud, and we work with county district attorneys to prosecute them on criminal charges. [read post]
3 May 2021, 6:00 am by Scott Limmer
Supreme Court recently ruled a speech code enforced by a Georgia state college violated the First Amendment. and authorized students claiming to have been harmed by the policy to file suit, even if just for nominal damages. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) had this to say in his 2012 State of the State Address: First, I am proposing the elimination of the sales tax on energy used in manufacturing, a move that will align us with many of our top competitors. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 1:04 pm
As an example, if a postal truck runs over someone in the State of Georgia, the laws of the State of Georgia will control whether the acts of the postal carrier driver were negligent. [read post]