by Ashley Dale | Feb 16, 2018 | News
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the keynote speaker at the Feb. 23 Georgia Bar Media & Judiciary Conference focused on First Amendment issues and government transparency. Bottoms, who participated in the conference as a candidate last year and took...
by Ashley Dale | Feb 7, 2018 | News
High court decision keeps current recording rules in place and authorizes trial judges to permit use of electronic devices for non-recording uses. The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a rule change that would generally keep existing protocols in place for...
by Ashley Dale | Jan 26, 2018 | News
By Tom Clyde Protecting Georgians’ right to know about their government requires particular diligence this time of year. The General Assembly is in session. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s mission to watch for and fight against any legislative reduction in...
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...
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