The Defend the Atlanta Forest (DATF) movement opposing the public safety training center is accused of being a criminal organization in a sprawling indictment charging 61 people with racketeering and other major felonies, setting up a First Amendment legal battle. The indictment, dated Aug. 29 but released Sept. 5, was presented in Fulton County Superior […]
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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns
Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.
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Georgia in Supreme Court abortion case: Explicit call to overturn ‘Roe v. Wade’
Georgia is in the thick of the abortion access battle being waged at the Supreme Court, which now includes an explicit call for justices to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Suing Google, eating at the new Slutty Vegan and more
Also, go vote.
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Georgia AG joins 49 others in Google antitrust investigation
U.S. attorneys general including Georgia’s Chris Carr are asking whether Google has crossed the line from aggressive business practices into illegal, monopolistic ones. It’s not the first time AGs have banded together to investigate a company.
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Opioid companies face yet another government lawsuit. This time, from Georgia.
Georgia is suing about two dozen entities, alleging that those opioid manufacturers and distributors illegally and deceptively marketed their products; and failed to prevent the diversion of powerful, pain-killing, addictive drugs.
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Georgia joins states, religious groups in opposing abortion-notification law pending before U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia has joined 21 other states in filing a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose a California law that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to display information about the availability of state-funded abortions. Other entities taking similar positions are the Southern Baptist Convention, Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jews for Religious Freedom.
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Georgia Attorney General: Immigration is an issue for Congress
As some states threaten the federal government with legal action over the immigration status of people brought to the U.S. as children, Georgia’s top official lawyer says that immigration is an issue for the U.S. Congress to settle.
