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Katheryn Tucker

Katheryn Tucker

July 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Republican AGs Urge Speedy Confirmation of Trump SCOTUS Pick

“As the chief legal officers of our states, we write to urge the United States Senate to promptly hold a hearing on and confirm the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States."

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 12, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Judge Drops Case Against 3 Soldiers Who Spent 25 Years in Prison

“It's all over for the soldiers. They are free and they can finally breathe in peace without fear,” said Jim McCloskey, founder of the Princeton, N.J.-based Centurion Ministries innocence project, which won the reversal.

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 11, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Morehouse to Host National Public Defender Training Program

"Criminal justice is this generation's civil and human rights struggle, and empowered public defenders are essential to transforming the culture," says Gideon's Promise founder and president Jonathan Rapping.

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

New Fulton County Superior Court Judge Appointed

Fulton County Magistrate Judge Shukura Ingram Millender has been named by Gov. Nathan Deal to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Alford Dempsey Jr.

By Katheryn Tucker

1 minute read

July 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Georgia's Senators Cheer Kavanaugh Selection

U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, both Republicans, attended the formal announcement at the White House, designed for prime-time television and starting promptly at 9 p.m. By 9:30 p.m., both senators had released statements cheering the choice.

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Arbitrator Restores Benefits for Union Oil Workers

Arbitrator Thomas McConnell Jr. issued an order June 22 instructing Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing to return benefits the company cut in January 2017.

By Katheryn Tucker

1 minute read

July 10, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Recommending a Georgia Justice, Trump's SCOTUS Pick Told What Makes a Great Jurist

Write clearly, be neighborly, don't act like a jerk and other thoughts from Brett Kavanaugh.

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Brief That Lost 6-3 at SCOTUS Wins AG Award

Georgia Solicitor General Sarah Warren and her staff won the Best Brief Award from the National Association of Attorneys General at the group's summer meeting in Portland.

By Katheryn Tucker

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July 06, 2018 | Texas Lawyer

AG Paxton Leads 11-State Coalition in Brief to Prevent Abortions

“The Constitution does not confer the right to an elective abortion on unlawfully-present aliens with virtually no ties to the country,” Paxton said in a brief.

By Katheryn Tucker

1 minute read

July 05, 2018 | Daily Report Online

JNC Releases Names of Nominees for Georgia Supreme Court

The commission will narrow the list to about 30 for interviews on July 26, Chair Pete Robinson of Troutman Sanders told the Daily Report. After the interviews, the commission will send a shortlist of recommendations to Gov. Nathan Deal.

By Katheryn Tucker

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