For nearly two hours on Friday, member after member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors said they opposed Amendment 3, by which voters can decide next month whether to abolish the Judicial Qualifications Commission as an independent, constitutional agency and reconstitute it under the authority of the state Legislature.
But a resolution by criminal defense attorney Seth Kirschenbaum for the board to formally oppose Amendment 3 failed in a 55-48 vote.
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