2+ week, 4+ day ago   (331+ words) The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is sending a lawsuit over Georgia’s 2021 political maps back to a lower court, ordering it to reexamine an earlier ruling that concluded the state’s maps were racially discriminatory. The decision comes a few months after…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (682+ words) Starting next summer, Georgia’s highest court will no longer routinely hear appeals in murder cases. Under Georgia law, the state’s high court has jurisdiction over all capital cases — that is, cases where the death penalty has been imposed. But the…...