by K B | Mar 17, 2024 | Legislative Watch, News
By Allyson Veile A bill pending in the Georgia Legislature would allow state and local construction projects valued under $250,000 to be contracted without competitive bidding. It would bring about one of the most significant changes to public contracting in Georgia...
by K B | Dec 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
A recent appellate court ruling significantly erodes Georgians’ power to seek public records from individuals and entities, including government employees and contractors working on behalf of government agencies. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is supporting a...
by K B | Nov 17, 2023 | News
The Supreme Court of Georgia has denied a request to review lower court rulings that limit public access to police body camera video. Justice John Ellington and Justice Carla Wong McMillian dissented. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is disappointed by the...
by K B | Nov 1, 2023 | News, Resources
Schools have become a testing ground for much more than student achievement. Debates about public access and free speech rights are taking place in our school board meetings, principals’ offices, school libraries and classrooms. The Georgia First Amendment...
by K B | Oct 18, 2023 | Attorneys, Events, News, Weltner Award
Peter Canfield already was known as a fierce defender of the First Amendment when, in 1994, he stepped up to help launch the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. He recruited board members, crafted bylaws, and conducted training and outreach for the fledgling nonprofit...
by K B | Oct 18, 2023 | News
The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is disappointed in the Supreme Court of Georgia’s decision not to review lower court rulings that erode citizens’ rights to access judicial records. On Oct. 11, the Court denied the foundation’s petition, which argued the lower...
by K B | Sep 29, 2023 | Events, News, Weltner Award
Oct. 26 banquet will celebrate Oliver’s nearly four decades of legislative service and work to protect open government and free speech in Georgia. Admired for her civility and bipartisanship, state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver will receive the Georgia First...
by K B | Sep 28, 2023 | Events, News, Weltner Award
The Georgia First Amendment Foundation honors the Georgia Library Media Association’s efforts to safeguard constitutional rights. Libraries in Georgia schools strive to uphold students’ constitutional right to receive information and to give students opportunities to...
by K B | Jul 18, 2023 | News
The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is urging the Supreme Court of Georgia to reconsider lower court rulings that limit public access to police body camera video. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the foundation supports a petition for writ of certiorari filed by The...
by K B | May 5, 2023 | News
Lower court decisions in medical cannabis case erode Georgians’ right to know. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is asking the Supreme Court of Georgia to protect citizens’ rights to access judicial records by reversing lower court rulings. In its petition...