Katheryn Hayes Tucker

July 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The state's lawyers say those challenging the abortion ban 'have no case' now that the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade. But lawyers challenging the Georgia law argue it has other problems with constitutionality, because it creates crimes against the unborn that could interfere with other kinds of medical treatment.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

July 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

As Georgia awaits a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the federal constitution offers no protection for abortion rights, the litigation battle is moving to state courts and constitutions.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

July 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It might be best for everybody for y'all to work this out and moot this case," Justice Nels Peterson told the lawyers for Atlanta's Northside Hospital system and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. And they did.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

July 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to install its third chief justice in four years.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

July 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"As a court, we make our decisions based on evidence, not on people's political opinions," Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard II said in a phone interview Thursday. "These are compelled appearances. It's different from restaurants and grocery stores."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell called Fred Gray "one of the most consequential civil rights lawyers of our time," noting he represented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, John Lewis and the "foot soldiers" in the movement for justice.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Dax López's experience as a lawyer and judge, as well as his personal background, make him an ideal member of the JQC's Hearing Panel," Chief Justice David Nahmias said.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"There is, simply put, nothing left of the Plaintiff-Appellees' argument that Georgia law imposes an unconstitutional burden on the practice of abortion," Georgia Solicitor General Stephen J. Petrany told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Friday. He represents the Republican governor and AG. Meanwhile, Democratic women promised to fight back. And abortion remains legal in the state -- for now.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

12 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I came for the mission, but I stayed for the people," Gottlieb told the Daily Report Friday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Deputy Attorney General Julie Adams Jacobs and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds, who is also a former Cobb DA, will fill openings on the Cobb County Superior Court..

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read