Two 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.
This year, the constitutionally independent Judicial Qualifications Commission—which since 2007 has disciplined or forced the resignations and retirements of more than 65 judges over ethics breaches—came under fire from state legislators appalled at the treatment of a retired DeKalb County judge indicted last year on criminal charges of making false statements, which were dismissed days later. Led by the chairman of the state House Judiciary Committee, the Legislature proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish the JQC and give the General Assembly sole power to recreate and reconfigure it.
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