The Georgia House Judiciary Committee chairman on Friday introduced a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish the state judicial watchdog agency and create a new one that significantly reduces the influence of the State Bar of Georgia.
A companion bill, House Bill 808, would change who appoints the seven-member Judicial Qualifications Commission–stripping the bar of its ability to name three members. But the legislation actually increases the role of lawyers, barring citizens who are not judges or members of the Georgia bar from serving on the JQC.
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