Metro Atlanta’s list of U.S. Supreme Court cases is sure to grow longer as one day, another neighbor faces another crime, crisis or knock on the door in the night.
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Atlanta City Council backs abortion rights as Supreme Court deliberates
The Atlanta City Council has added its voice in support of abortion rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a demand from Mississippi that justices reverse “Roe v. Wade.”
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Okefenokee Swamp mining proposal could be affected by Supreme Court ruling
The proposal to mine sand near the Okefenokee Swamp could be affected by a groundbreaking ruling on water rights issued by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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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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Endless water war: Army Corps still an issue in tri-state dispute
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was a factor but not a party in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Georgia’s favor in the water war with Florida. The corps isn’t in the clear and the war isn’t thought to be over.
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Fulton County’s COVID-19 rental assistance hailed by feds as others in metro lag
Most metro Atlanta governments have resisted federal encouragement to distribute federal funds to prevent residential evictions for nonpayment of rent related to COVID-19, according to a tally of the latest report from the Treasury Department.
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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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Apalachicola region trying to recover after losing water war, oyster industry
PORT ST. JOE, Fl. – The jobs lost in the Apalachicola Bay’s shuttered oyster industry won’t be easy to replace. But green shoots are sprouting in the form of two new industries about 23 miles away.
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Georgia’s brief in Supreme Court abortion case takes on Black judge who rebuked Trump
Georgia’s friend-of-the-court brief in the abortion case the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear calls on justices to “condemn” language used by the Black federal judge in his 2018 ruling against the abortion law passed by Mississippi’s legislature.
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In their own words: Supreme Court justices ponder Ga./Florida water war
For almost 66 minutes, U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday heard lawyers argue over Florida’s complaint that Georgia is to blame for the demise of the oyster fishery in Florida’s Apalachicola Bay.
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Endless litigation over Chattahoochee River, no matter who wins water war
The Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments next week in the relentless case of Florida seeking more water from Georgia for Apalachicola Bay. No matter who wins, it won’t be the end of litigation over the major river system in metro Atlanta – the Chattahoochee River.
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‘Dirty Dozen’: A win before report cites raw sewage polluting Chattahoochee River
Raw sewage won’t be dumped into the Chattahoochee River following a ruling from the state so recent it got ahead of Tuesday’s release of the “Dirty Dozen,” an annual report from the Georgia Water Coalition on 12 environmental threats to the state’s waters.
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An artist in a pandemic: Yehimi Cambrón’s murals aim to ‘redeem the soul of America’
Yehimi Cambrón is a visual artist making her way through these rocky times, painting murals intended to convey the immigrant narrative and help “redeem the soul of America.”
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Florida to close Apalachicola Bay to oystering; Supreme Court defers ruling on water war
Florida is poised to close Apalachicola Bay to oyster harvesting in a board vote slated for July 22. The move comes as the Supreme Court finished its year without ruling on the water war between Florida and Georgia.
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DACA: What they said – The cabinet, Trump, supporters, critics, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruling Thursday on the DACA case all but ensures immigration will be a major issue for the next president and Congress. Following are excerpts of comments by notable participants in the case decided 5-4, in a ruling in which Chief Justice John Roberts sided with four liberal justices and wrote for the majority.
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Supreme Court knocks down paywall around Georgia legal materials
The free version online leaves a lot unexplained.
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Time is now to advance LGBTQ rights at state, federal levels
By Guest Columnist GILBERT YEREMIAN, a business owner in Atlanta
As an ally to the LGBTQ community and a business owner who knows the importance of valuing a diverse workforce, I’m hopeful 2020 will bring nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Georgians in employment, housing, and public spaces.
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Georgia prevails over Florida in advisory on water war; Florida’s Ag commissioner won’t back down
Georgia will not be required to release more water into Florida’s Apalachicola River if the U.S. Supreme Court abides by a report released Thursday by a special master appointed by the court to consider the case. Florida’s agriculture commissioner vowed to continue her state’s fight.
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Brad Currey receives Impact Award for work in addressing water usage in ACF basin
Brad Currey’s efforts to protect the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin were highlighted in deliberations at the U.S. Supreme Court well before Currey was recognized Wednesday with an environmental award from the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
