Senator Greg Kirk of Americus introduced the First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia at a Capitol Hill press conference this afternoon, saying he is introducing the legislation in order to heal the divides in the Peach State over the issue of same sex marriage. Kirk said he modeled his legislation on a similar federal bill
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a challenge to President Obama’s plan to shield certain illegal immigrants from deportation. The challenge was filed by the state of Texas, and joined by 25 additional states including Georgia. The president’s proposed executive action, which was announced in November 2014, would allow undsocumented parents
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens has filed a friend of the court brief supporting the case of Zubik v Burwell. In that case, the Supreme Court will decide if the contraceptive mandate found in the Affordable Care Act, and the accommodation that says religious institutions can notify HHS that they don’t wish to provide contraceptive
