“Fani Willis disqualified as DA in Donald Trump’s election racketeering case”
USA Today: “A divided Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified the prosecutor in President-elect Donald Trump’s state election racketeering case on Thursday, ruling Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis carried the appearance of impropriety in her decisions about who to prosecute and what charges to bring. Willis had acknowledged a romantic relationship with a special counsel she hired onto the…
Sea Levels Skyrocketing in the South
WaPo: “It has also shown a dangerous trend: Since 2010, the sea level at the Fort Pulaski gauge has risen by more than 7 inches, one of the fastest ratesin the country, according to a Washington Post analysis of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data for 127 tide gauges. Similar spikes are affecting the entire U.S. Southeast…
“Mark Robinson’s campaign fined 35K for hundreds of violations”
Alternet: “The State Board of Elections has reached a settlement agreement with Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s political committee, Friends of Mark Robinson, that includes a fine of $35,000 for hundreds of campaign finance violations committed during the 2020 election cycle. The fine follows a nearly four-year investigation prompted by a February 2021 complaint by veteran government watchdog Bob…
“Trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks that court to get involved in his race”
Politico: “A trailing candidate in a very close election for the North Carolina Supreme Court asked that court on Wednesday to step in and prevent election officials from counting in his race over 60,000 ballots that he argues weren’t lawfully cast. Jefferson Griffin, a Republican member of the Court of Appeals, filed the intervention request…
“Supreme Court takes up South Carolina’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood”
WFAE: “The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will review South Carolina’s effort to disqualify Planned Parenthood from providing non-abortion services to Medicaid patients. Among those services are providing cancer screening, birth control and physical exams. The court will restrict itself to a single question in the case: The justices agreed to take up the…
In Book Banning Frenzy, TX School District Bans Bible for Explicit Content
Alternet: “A Texas school district has banned the Bible In response to a state law prohibiting schools from carrying “sexually explicit” material. Irate parents are now speaking out against the ban. The Christian Post reported Thursday that Canyon Independent School District Superintendent Darryl Flusche sent an email to parents informing them that the “full text” of the Bible would…
“Challenge to protest buffer zone at Florida abortion clinic taken up by 11th Circuit”
Courthouse News: “Florida anti-abortion activists brought their challenge to a protest-free zone at a women’s health clinic to the 11th Circuit on Tuesday, asking the three-judge panel to overturn a federal judge’s refusal to block a vehicle safety ordinance. The Clearwater, Florida, City Council passed the ordinance last March in response to increasingly tense protests…
“House Panel Is Said to Have Voted to Release the Gaetz Report”
NY Times: “The House Ethics Committee secretly voted this month to release an investigative report into the conduct of former Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The panel’s vote, which was reported earlier by CNN, paved the way for the release of the report after House members…
“Alabama prisoners sued to stop forced labor—a court dismissed their case”
The Real News Network: “Five incarcerated people in Alabama are fighting to push forward a lawsuit, Stanley v. Ivey, challenging the state’s power to punish prisoners who resist forced labor. Despite a state constitutional provision abolishing slavery that was passed in 2022 by referendum, Montgomery County Circuit Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ lawsuit, arguing Governor Kay Ivey…