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Georgia representative introduced Defense of Marriage Act [this day at law]
May 7, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On May 7, 1996, former Representative Bob Barr of Georgia introduced the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the US House of Representatives. Under Section 3 of DOMA, "in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative.... [more]
Federal appeals court lifts stay of execution for Georgia death row inmate
April 23, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday lifted a stay of execution for Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. The appeals court halted the execution in February to allow time to consider whether a federal court can reconsider Hill's case. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court.... [more]
Fisher and Shelby County: A Colorblind Court in a Non-Colorblind World [op-ed]
April 11, 2013 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Segall of Georgia State University says that, although several of the justices on the US Supreme Court interpret the US Constitution to require the government to essentially ignore race, such a requirement would significantly harm civil rights in the US...Between now.... [more]
Georgia lawmakers expand immigration law
March 29, 2013 by Sydney Normil
The Georgia General Assembly on Thursday amended Senate Bill 160, implementing stricter security and immigration compliance than the original 2011 version. The modifications impose tougher penalties and heighten identification requirements. First, the bill requires all public employers, their.... [more]
Federal judge blocks key part of Georgia immigration law
March 22, 2013 by Sarah Posner
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Wednesday permanently blocked a key provision in Georgia's immigration law that criminalized knowingly transporting or harboring an illegal immigrant during the course of any other crime. Judge Thomas Thrash struck down this.... [more]
Georgia's Cruel and Unusual Standard for Proving Mental Retardation [comment]
March 5, 2013 by Stephanie Kogut
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues that Georgia's "beyond a reasonable doubt standard" for finding mental retardation in capital offenses is a nearly insurmountable standard...The US Supreme Court has held that the Eighth Amendment'.... [more]
Federal and state courts each order stay of execution of Georgia death row inmate
February 21, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday issued a stay on the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill minutes before his execution. The court granted the stay to allow time to consider the implications of the court now finding that Hill, 53, is in fact intellectually.... [more]
Supreme Court rules federal antitrust laws apply to Georgia hospital transactions
February 19, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health Systems, Inc. that federal antitrust laws regulating competition among health service providers apply to an anticompetitive transaction in Georgia because the state law regulating the activity did not clearly articulate authority.... [more]
Georgia Supreme Court rejects death row inmate's appeal
February 4, 2013 by Sarah Posner
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday rejected claims by death row inmate Warren Lee Hill that the Board of Corrections violated the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by not holding a public hearing before changing the state's lethal injection execution procedure. One of the APA's rule-.... [more]
Alabama appeals immigration law ruling to Supreme Court
January 17, 2013 by Keith Herting
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent decision striking down provisions of Alabama's controversial immigration law. Alabama is appealing a decision issued last August by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit which struck down.... [more]
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