A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia says the high court has no authority to review or pass legal judgment on advisory opinions issued by the state’s judicial watchdog agency.
But an attorney representing state judges who have challenged the authority of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission to issue advisory opinions backed by the threat of disciplinary action claims the JQC is “very much subject to this court’s supervision and control, and that control extends to the JQC’s power to issue advisory opinions.”
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