by Ashley Dale | Oct 5, 2017 | Events, News
Join us Oct. 19 to celebrate and support the public’s right to know. We appreciate your support of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s open government mission. To show our appreciation, we’re inviting you to join us Oct. 19 at the 2017 Weltner Freedom of...
by Ashley Dale | Sep 23, 2017 | Events, News, Weltner Award
Event to honor the Carter Center’s Global Access to Information Program and the late Judge Stephanie B. Manis of Fulton County Superior Court. The Carter Center’s Global Access to Information Program works to improve governance and transform citizens’ lives worldwide...
by Ashley Dale | Sep 14, 2017 | Events, News, Weltner Award
Reserve space now for the Weltner Freedom of Information Award Banquet, Oct. 19. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s annual Weltner Banquet is the greatest source of financial support for our narrow and essential mission: fighting for free speech, government...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 27, 2017 | News
Georgia Supreme Court still has say over whether change to ‘Rule 22’ will take effect. The Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia has approved a change that would keep existing protocols for news cameras in courtrooms, but make it harder to type, text and tweet...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 24, 2017 | News
Council of Superior Court Judges to vote by Wednesday on whether to curb electronics in courtrooms. Georgia courts are one step closer to becoming less accessible to the public. On Monday, at a meeting on St. Simons Island, members of the uniform rules committee of a...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 20, 2017 | News
Judicial council to meet Monday on citizen use of electronics in courtrooms. July 20, 2017—A statewide judicial council is scheduled to meet Monday to consider a rule change that could result in less public access to courtrooms. The Council of Superior Court Judges of...
by Ashley Dale | Jun 16, 2017 | News
U.S. District Judge Marvin Shoob, who “made the Constitution a reality” in his rulings on Cuban refugees, the Ten Commandments, local jails and hundreds of other cases, has died at age 94. Read more from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Shoob—whose fierce...
by Ashley Dale | Jun 16, 2017 | News
Saying “open government is essential to a free, open and democratic society,” state Attorney General Chris Carr urged the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse a 2016 Georgia Court of Appeals decision that allowed closure of records from privately administered public...
by Ashley Dale | May 15, 2017 | News
The Georgia Supreme Court has asked Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to weigh in on whether the public should continue to have access to records of public hospitals, like Atlanta-based Northside, that are restructured to be operated by nonprofits. The public’s...
by Ashley Dale | May 12, 2017 | News
Hollie Manheimer has been executive director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation since January 1996. This month she’s stepping down from the post, although she’ll continue as a volunteer with the foundation. Join us as we celebrate her years of service on May 23...
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