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Justice May 23, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court justice appointed by governor wins election to full term – a common occurrence in some states where voters are supposed to pick their judges

by Bryna Godar, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harry Isaiah Black, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A Georgia Supreme Court incumbent has successfully…

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Georgia May 23, 2024

Trump advisor, former senator headed to GOP runoff in June

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 21, 2024 Brian Jack, who was an advisor to former president Donald Trump,…

Opinion May 17, 2024

Bookman: Why can governors appoint justices based on their ideology, but voters can’t?

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 16, 2024 In his campaign for a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court,…

Justice May 16, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Athens DA’s claim of open records exemption

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 15, 2024 Georgia’s Supreme Court will rule in the coming months on a…

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Opinion May 11, 2024

On Mother’s Day, Where Is It Best, And Worst, To Be A Woman In The USA?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College “Women must try to do things as men have tried,” Amelia Earhart once said. “When they fail, their failure must…

Sonya Allen (L) and Cobb DA Flynn Broady (R)

Elections April 28, 2024

Broady and Allen face off in Cobb District Attorney candidate debate

Photo by Caleb Groves By Caleb Groves Last Thursday’s forum at Zion Baptist Church for the Cobb District Attorney’s Office quickly shifted into heated debate. An estimated 80 to 100…

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Elections March 26, 2024

Legislative inaction and dissatisfaction with one-party control lead to more issues going directly to voters in ballot initiatives, with 60% of them in six states

by Thom Reilly, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Recent polls show Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with their system of representative democracy, in…

International March 13, 2024

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

by Gábor Scheiring, Harvard University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Hungarian leader and strongman Viktor Orbán, who presided over the radical decline of democracy in…

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Health Care March 10, 2024

What is a frozen embryo worth? Alabama’s IVF case reflects bigger questions over grieving and wrongful death laws

by Katherine Drabiak, University of South Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are “unborn…

Opinion March 1, 2024

Could Georgia Face The Same Kind Of I.V.F Ruling As Alabama?

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling stunned the nation, not just their own state, when they ruled that embryos were human beings….

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