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Flags, Flag Week and American Patriotism

Sunday, June 9, marks the beginning of National Flag Week.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Secured: Emergency Hearing Set in Challenge of Judicial Candidate's Election

"[T]he Court will hold an emergency hearing by videoconference on Friday, June 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. to consider Petitioner's Motion to Stay the Certification of the Election Results Until Elector's Challenge is Decided, to the extent the issue is not moot," ordered Judge Rachel Krause.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals Halts Fulton Election Case While Appeal on DA Disqualification Pending

Wednesday's order prevents Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee from moving forward with other matters in the case while the appeal is pending. The order will undoubtedly further delay the case because McAfee will not be able to continue to handle pretrial motions in the case as he had planned.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Progressive Group Aims to Block NYC Judge's Confirmation

The Center for Community Alternatives, said Ward, who is making a bid to remain on the bench past the mandatory retirement age of 70, has failed to publish a legal decision in 13 years.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals Might Hear Arguments Before Election on Fulton DA's Role in Trump Election Case

The court on Monday docketed the appeals filed by nine defendants in the case, and said that "if oral argument is requested and granted" it is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 4.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Senators Refuse to Advance Judicial Nominees Post-Trump Conviction

"It is difficult to understand what they're doing," said a law school professor who studies federal judicial appointments. "It has nothing to do with the merits of the nominees."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legislature OKs Bill to Move Judicial Races Downballot in Bid to Foil Voter Apathy

Its Democratic backers predict the bill will promote stronger voter turnout for political races that voters care more about, while Republican opponents painted it as a slight to the judiciary, and a solution in search of a problem.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Election Board Member Abstains From Certifying Primary Election

The other four members, including Republican-appointed Michael Heekin, voted to certify the results in what Elections Director Nadine Williams called a "very successful election."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

These Judges Just Lost Their Seat: Incumbents Ousted in Tuesday Runoffs

Seven judicial district court seats were also still up for grabs in Democratic and Republican runoffs, but there were no incumbents in contention.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judges Keep Stepping Down From Jeff Davis' Election Case

At least two Fulton County judges have recused from deciding a motion to stay certification of the statewide election of Jeff Davis to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
4 minute read

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