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 | Dec 8, 2016 | News
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by Ashley Dale | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Weltner Award
By Chris Dodd – One thing all Americans can agree on is the value of our freedoms. While we may sometimes take our Constitutional rights for granted, or differ on their precise interpretation, we can easily agree that the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution...
by Ashley Dale | Sep 20, 2016 | News
By Hyde Post — Two years ago, the Georgia First Amendment Foundation honored the state’s Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) for an opinion that strongly discouraged judges from keeping the public out of courtrooms. The foundation’s board believes the JQC’s...
by Ashley Dale | Jul 5, 2016 | News
Charges should be dropped against a Fannin County newspaper publisher jailed after requesting public records, say a group of government transparency and media organizations in Georgia. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation, Atlanta Press Club, Georgia Chapter of the...