11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Alabama

Court: Georgia can elect utility panel statewide | #elections | #alabama

Listen to this article ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning a lower court judge who found statewide elections illegally diluted Black votes. The ruling is important beyond Georgia’s Public Service Commission because it could help protect certain statewide elections in […]

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Alabama

Georgia abortion ban takes effect after Roe v. Wade overturned | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and allowed Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law to take effect immediately Wednesday. The decision was expected after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that there is no constitutional right to an abortion.The law, which had been barred from taking effect, bans most […]

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