Georgia Supreme Court has refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors

[Swede]

Georgia Supreme Court has refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors — meaning the commission can't operate.
Republicans wanted the commission to baselessly discipline or remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. Good God. Sanity, rule of law and intelligence rears its pretty head in GA!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. A small victory for Justice.

Ousting a duly elected servant of the people just because she is doing her job is in itself a miscarriage of Justice. What took place in Georgia in 2020 to get the election there overturned there is an example of upholding the law from a DA's perspective. Had the two Republican Senators, Perdue and Loeffler, done the same thing, they too would be facing serious charges of blatant election interference as PO1135809 is.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Good news but they won't stop trying to find a way.

[Easterncedar]

4. Good news. But In Florida....

the governor just removes the elected prosecutors and no one stands to stop him. (May be a lawsuit pending, but the removal is effective.)

[pnwmom]

5. This may only be a victory till January.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-prosecutors-district-attorneys-fani-willis-trump-c8cd9469a7b5bca6ff139d32cf6f9ce2#

State Rep. Houston Gaines, an Athens Republican who helped guide the law through the state House earlier this year, said he believed lawmakers could as soon as January remove the requirement for the court to approve the rules, letting the commission begin operating.

“This commission has been years in the making — and now it has its appointees and rules and regulations ready to go,” Gaines wrote in a text. “As soon as the legislature can address this final issue from the court, rogue prosecutors will be held accountable.”

[Tom of Temecula]

6. Sounds like ol' Houston is whistling past the MAGA graveyard

Overthrowing both the authority of a state Supreme Court and every prosecutor in that state is a tall order.

[Martin68]

7. Georgia has been fighting to maintain their democracy against MAGAts , and doing a very good job of it.

They are like a microcosm of the US right now.

[peggysue2]

8. Pro-Democracy voters need to give our brothers and sisters in Georgia a lot of credit

They've been fighting and pushing against serious headwinds from the state's extremists. But they've managed to hold the line and push back.

Just another example of why 2024 is so critical. For everyone.



Btw, I love the 'rogue prosecutors' tag. That would be anyone defending the rule of law against the religious and political nut wads.

Go Georgia!