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The Recorder

Oakland's Avoidable Mayoral Carousel

The problems that Oakland and the county are facing were foreseeable when the legislature upended local recall procedures. Either way, this mayoral carousel should inspire Oakland and other charter cities and counties to rethink their recall laws.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

SCOTUS Won't Hear Case Claiming Discrimination in Georgia PSC Elections

The high court on Monday rejected claims that the power of Black voters was illegally diluted because the five commissioners are elected statewide.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

The Banality of Lying

Thomas Jefferson, for whom eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and legitimate government depends on the consent of the governed, would be none too pleased.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Albany DA Aims to Stave Off Challenger, Grant Funding Backlash, in Democratic Primary

Meanwhile, four attorneys and a judge are vying for three Family Court judgeships, one of the seats newly created by lawmakers.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

This Judge-Elect Wants a Court to Dismiss the Challenge of His Election

"The latest attempt to overturn the will of the voters choosing Mr. Davis for Court of Appeals makes no allegations about his residence when it legally matters—the date of the election," said respondent counsel Bryan Tyson of The Election Law Group in Atlanta.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'I'm a Conservative': Justices Side With Florida Judge on Partisanship but Punish Her for Other Violation

"This decision made me chuckle," said one attorney who previously represented another judge in discipline matters.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Boots Anti-Tax Initiative From November Ballot

In a unanimous opinion, the court said the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act "would substantially alter our basic plan of government" and amounts to a constitutional revision that cannot be made by a ballot initiative.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Five Georgia Judges Have Lost Their Seats: Election Winners and Losers

Challengers succeeded at unseating at least five incumbent judges on state, magistrate and probate court benches during the June 18 runoff election.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ala. Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Fulton Prosecutor, Sheriff Over Trump Election Case

"I didn't knowingly know I was threatening anybody," he told a federal magistrate in Atlanta. "To me, it was a warning."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bar Association Groups Issue 'Not Approved' Ratings for Candidate in Competitive Queens Surrogate Judge Race 

The candidate who received "not approved" ratings issued a statement calling each bar groups' rating processes a "miscarriage of justice against a previously approved Civil Court judge."
3 minute read

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