Attorney General Sam Olens sends word that Georgians who bought diesel powered Volkswagens will be receiving cash and either repairs of their cars or buybacks, while the state itself will receive about $77 Million. In a settlement announced this morning, each person who bought a car from that didn’t meet emissions standards will receive at
Approaching the end of its 2016 term, the Supreme Court today effectively upheld a lower court’s decision that President Obama violated the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of the federal government by issuing executive actions that would have allowed around four million illegal immigrants to remain in America for a period
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week Governor Deal signed his fifth criminal justice bill into law. The effort continues Georgia’s effort to realign Georgia’s priorities to assign appropriate sentencing based on the severity of crimes that are committed, but to also ensure that once a debt to society is paid the offender is able
Governor Deal has announced his appointment of Eric W. Norris for the Superior Court judgeship within the Western Judicial Circuit. Norris, a solo practitioner, is currently serving as the Oconee County Magistrate Court judge. After earning a bachelor’s degree from North Georgia College and State University, he later obtained his law degree from Regent University in Virginia
U.S. Senators of Georgia, Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, along with 43 other senators, signed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Georgia’s challenge against President Obama’s 2014 attempt to unilaterally grant legal status to millions of immigrants. Isakson via news release on Tuesday: “President Obama’s attempt to circumvent Congress by executive order and
Obama announced in a Rose Garden Address today his nomination of federal Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court in replacement of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. US Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue released statements regarding Obama’s nomination soon after the announcement was made. From Isakson: “As U.S. senators, we have the Constitutional
U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor Wednesday on his decision to not consider a nominee to the Supreme Court before the next president is sworn into office in November: “As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I stand with Chairman Grassley and other
From a press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicating that he will exercise his constitutional authority to withhold consent of any nominee submitted by President Barack Obama and the Senate Judiciary Committee will not hold
This morning the Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments on a free speech issue involving the Klu Klux Klan in northeast Georgia. The KKK wanted to take part in the Adopt a Highway program and chose HWY 515 in Union County. GDOT denied their application on the basis of public safety. Attorney General Sam Olens
Members of the Georgia Senate are misleading the public in a shameful attempt to impose a full throated anti-LGBT agenda. On Friday, the Georgia Senate approved HB757. HB757 was once called the Pastor Protection Act, but HB757 is unworthy of the name in its current form. Indeed, after the Senate hijacked HB757 by inserting into
