R. Robin Mcdonald
September 21, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Judge Orders Ga. Secretary of State to Release Rejected Voter RecordsA federal judge on Tuesday ordered Georgia's Secretary of State to turn over voter registration records related to the agency's decision to reject, cancel or otherwise fail to add names to the state's voter rolls.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
September 21, 2016 | Daily Report Online
First Amendment Group Urges Defeat of Amendment to Abolish JQCTwo years ago, the Georgia First Amendment Foundation honored the Georgia judicial watchdog agency for its efforts to throw open the doors of Georgia's courtrooms, despite resistance from judges who preferred to establish their own criteria for entry.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
September 19, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Suspicious Backpack That Caused Evacuation Contained ClothesAn abandoned backpack discovered near an entrance to the federal courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Monday morning contained no explosives, an FBI spokesman said Monday afternoon.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
September 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online
State Supreme Court Stays Writ Suspending Authority of Chatham JudgeThe Supreme Court of Georgia late Thursday stayed an action by the Chatham Superior Court bench that last week stripped that county's chief Recorders Court judge of her administrative powers, saying it could not say with certainty that the writ of prohibition issued by the Superior Court bench was legal.
By R. Robin McDonald
2 minute read
September 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Former DeKalb Judge Testifies Judicial Watchdog Agency Abused PowerA retired DeKalb County judge indicted last year on felony charges stemming from her comments in a meeting with the state judicial watchdog agency testified before a legislative committee Thursday that the prosecutor told her he was under "extreme pressure to have a quick indictment and a resolution."
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
September 15, 2016 | Daily Report Online
DOJ Approval at Issue in Ga. Voter Registration SuitSecretary of State Brian Kemp says the U.S. Justice Department signed off on state's "exact match" policies—but plaintiffs lawyers are raising questions.
By R. Robin McDonald
8 minute read
September 14, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Complaint About Judge at Heart of Amendment to Abolish Judicial WatchdogState Rep. Christian Coomer says that ending the tenure of Georgia's judicial watchdog agency as constitutionally independent is not about giving well-connected judges a way to tip the scales in their favor should they face scrutiny for possible ethical violations. Rather, it's a response to what he believes was an abuse of authority two years ago by a member of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, who would later become its chairman.
By R. Robin McDonald
14 minute read
September 14, 2016 | Daily Report Online
11 Georgia Judges to Watch If Trump Wins the White HouseThe state has an abundance of conservative legal talent waiting in the wings, said Dentons partner Randy Evans, a Trump adviser.
By R. Robin McDonald
21 minute read
September 14, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Civil Rights Groups Challenge Georgia's Voter Registration PoliciesCivil rights and voters' rights organizations on Wednesday sued the Georgia Secretary of State in federal court in Atlanta, seeking to halt before the November elections what they say is a suppressive voter registration policy that requires an exact match of voter registrations with information contained in the state's driver's license and social security databases.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
September 09, 2016 | Daily Report Online
Ousted Chatham Court Chief Fights RemovalJudge Tammy Stokes, who this past week was relieved of chief judge duties in the Chatham County Recorder's Court, filed an emergency appeal with the Georgia Supreme Court.
By R. Robin McDonald
7 minute read
