A former Georgia governor is challenging the legality of appointments to the state’s judicial watchdog agency in his defense of a suspended judge.

Former Gov. Roy Barnes of Marietta’s The Barnes Law Group has filed a writ in Cobb County Superior Court contending that the appointments of the 10-member Judicial Qualifications Commission are illegal because they were not sent to the state Senate for confirmation until after the statutory deadline.

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