When Gov. Nathan Deal swore in Solicitor General Britt Grant as a Georgia Supreme Court justice in December, he noted that she had gone to a prestigious law school, clerked for a federal judge and worked for high-profile Washington law firm, but he added with a smile that the most important item on her resume was working in a congressional office. His.

When it was her turn to speak, Grant said she knew the other two new justices sworn in that day had been appointed by the same governor before. Deal put Michael Boggs and Nels Peterson on the Georgia Court of Appeals before elevating them to the high court starting in 2017.

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