By Emily Saul | October 26, 2023
The eight candidates are running to fill just four seats, and include incumbent justices, county judges, town justices, and attorneys.
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By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
Mike Johnson, the Louisiana congressman who was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday after a three-week standoff among Republicans, took the lead in filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win. That claim, widely panned by legal scholars of all ideologies, was quickly thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia's 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House.
By Eric Tucker | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
In a motion filed Wednesday night, special counsel Jack Smith's team encouraged Chutkan to put the restrictions back in place. Prosecutors cited in part statements in social media and at a news conference over the last day by Trump about his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who was reported by ABC News on Tuesday to have testified before a grand jury after receiving immunity from prosecution.
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
In a lawsuit, Texas-based True the Vote challenged the eligibility of more than 360,000 state voters, saying it had good reason to believe they had moved out of their districts and were ineligible to cast a ballot there. But a group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams argued in a 2020 lawsuit that the mass challenge violated federal law because it intimidated voters.
By Jim Saunders | October 24, 2023
Leon County Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh in September ruled that the overhaul of Congressional District 5 violated a 2010 state constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would "diminish" the ability of minorities to "elect representatives of their choice."
By Will Weissert and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | October 24, 2023
Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty to a count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. She had been facing charges of violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Mike Kenny | October 24, 2023
Since 1789, there have been 55 speakers of the House. Kevin McCarthy served for a scant 269 days, the third shortest tenure in history. McCarthy himself was not voted in as speaker until the 15th round, and like a heavyweight fighter who survives such a bruising battle, he wobbled for weeks until he was finally ousted.
By Cheryl Miller | October 23, 2023
Testifying before California's State Bar Court, John Eastman said that even if elections officials found just a handful of ballots cast by deceased voters — including many who died after voting — it backs his claims of 2020 election irregularities.
By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press | October 20, 2023
Chesebro, who was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating the state's anti-racketeering law, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents in a last-minute deal. His plea came a day after fellow attorney Sidney Powell, who had been scheduled to go to trial alongside him, entered her own guilty plea to six misdemeanor counts.
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