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Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court

Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves

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Judge says Fani Willis violated open records law, orders her to pay $54K in attorneys' fees

A judge has ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to pay more than $54,000 in attorneys’ fees and to turn over documents after finding that her office violated Georgia’s Open Records Act

The Independent UK

Cert Petition in Georgia Adult-Entertainment Tax Case: Part 1

The Supreme Court should reverse the Georgia Supreme Court's judgment in Georgia Ass'n of Club Executives v. Georgia.

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Late Cobb County Absentee Ballots To Be Counted

Late absentee ballots in Cobb County, Georgia, to be counted under revised deadline conditions set by the Georgia Supreme Court.

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Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Six-week Abortion Ban

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a law in the southern US state prohibiting abortions for women who are more than six weeks pregnant, one week after it was struck down by a lower court.

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Georgia’s Supreme Court brings back state’s 6-week abortion ban

The Georgia Supreme Court has halted a ruling striking down the state’s near-ban on abortions while the state appeals

The Independent UK

Georgia county says slave descendants can't use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community

A Georgia county says Black slave descendants can't legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community

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High court passes on case of Georgia man on death row who says Black jurors were wrongly purged

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors

The Independent UK

In some states that say they elect judges, governors choose them instead

State supreme court races have become pivotal in current legal battles over issues including abortion, elections, education, the environment and LGBTQ rights. With more than 80 state supreme court seats up for election this year in 33 states, voters have the potential to shape the future of their states for…

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Georgia Supreme Court upholds six-week abortion ban

Georgia’s six-week abortion ban will remain in place, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday

The Independent UK

Georgia man walks free from prison after 22 years as murder sentence is overturned

Joey Watkins, now in his early forties, was charged with murder, possession of a firearm and stalking

The Independent UK

Trump's "embarrassing" loss in Ga. court

Trump's bid to quash evidence against him and disqualify DA Fani Willis was quickly rejected in a unanimous ruling

Salon

Rivian Cleared By Georgia Supreme Court To Start Building $5B EV Factory

The California-based automaker has previously stated that its second factory will be reserved for its second-generation products that are based on the upcoming R2 platform.

InsideEVs

Georgia’s top court rejects Trump’s bid to quash grand jury report

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected former President Donald Trump’s bid to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 presidential election probe and to quash a special purpose grand jury’s final report that recommends people be indicted.

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Georgia man won’t be retried in hot car case, Cobb County DA decides

ATLANTA — The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office won’t retry Ross Harris for murder in the tragic case in which he left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, to die in his hot SUV.

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Georgia Supreme Court hears arguments concerning state’s abortion law

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court will soon decide whether the abortion law the Legislature passed in 2019 should remain in effect — or if, as attorneys for abortion providers argued Tuesday, it was illegal from the start.

The Independent UK

Georgia high court considers whether abortion law is void

Georgia’s highest court is considering whether the state’s restrictive abortion law is void because it violated U.S. Supreme Court precedent that was in effect at the time when it was enacted

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