Another organization of Georgia lawyers this week called for the defeat of a constitutional amendment that would abolish the state judicial watchdog agency and give the state Legislature sole authority remake it, calling it “a threat to the freedoms and constitutional rights of all Georgians.”

The Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GADCL) issued a public statement opposing Amendment 3, which it criticized for “confusing and misleading language” that “hides its true purpose, which is to destroy and dismantle the current Judicial Qualifications Commission.”

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