By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | December 4, 2023
Republicans pushing redistricting plans in Georgia say such districts aren't protected by the federal Voting Rights Act. Thus, they say it's legal for them to target a district now represented by Democratic U.S. Rep Lucy McBath for a drastic transformation, even as they draw a new Black-majority district elsewhere in metro Atlanta.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | December 1, 2023
"Can you imagine the notion of the Republican nominee for president not being able to campaign for the presidency because he is, in some form or fashion, in a courtroom defending himself?" Trump lawyer Steve Sadow said during the Friday hearing, later adding, "That would be the most effective election interference in the history of the United States."
By Mason Lawlor | November 30, 2023
Court found their request to replace Georgia's chosen form of government with a completely different one "strains both federalism and Section 2 to the breaking point."
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By Anthony Michael Kreis | November 27, 2023
After a federal appeals court in Arkansas recently ruled that only the federal government—not private citizens or civil rights groups—could sue to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act, an appeal to the Supreme Court is likely. But if the ruling stands, it could gut individual persons' and civil rights groups' legal right to fight racial discrimination in voting.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | November 27, 2023
The ruling is important beyond Georgia's Public Service Commission because it could help protect certain statewide elections in other states subject to scrutiny for racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | November 21, 2023
Judge Scott McAfee said there is no constitutional right to bail and that bond orders can contain conditions that curtail a defendant's rights, but he also noted that people are generally allowed to publicly criticize the merits of the case but cannot cross a line. He said Harrison Floyd appears "very boldly willing to explore where that line is" in this case.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | November 21, 2023
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week filed a motion asking county Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd. She wrote in her motion that Floyd has been attempting to intimidate and contact likely witnesses and his co-defendants in violation of the terms of his release.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | November 17, 2023
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday filed a motion to schedule the start of the trial for Aug. 5. Willis wrote that the proposed trial date balances potential delays from Trump's other criminal trials and the speedy trial rights of the other defendants.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | November 17, 2023
Unlike earlier decades, when Republicans avoided losses, some Georgia GOP lawmakers are now likely to walk the plank when new districts are drawn. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October ordered Georgia to draw Black majorities in one additional congressional district, two additional state Senate districts, and five additional state House districts.
By Stephen Hawkins | The Associated Press | November 17, 2023
"I made the decision in 2021 to move the event, and I understand, believe me, that people had then and probably still have different views as to the merits of that decision," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday during an announcement that followed an owners' meeting.
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