Archive for the ‘Sound off’ Category

In Memoriam: Judge Ruffin dies at 75

Monday, February 1st, 2010, 11:55 am / 1 Comment

John H. “Jack” Ruffin Jr., who helped integrate Augusta in the 1960s and 1970s and then served 22 years on trial and appeals court benches, died Friday at age 75. The Daily Report encourages readers to share their memories of Judge Ruffin in the comments section below. Some may be included in our print edition [...]

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Judges grumble about more cuts

Monday, October 26th, 2009, 7:58 am / 1 Comment

Judges and lawyers from across the state gathered in Atlanta on Friday to bemoan the devastating effects budget cuts are having on Georgia’s judicial system. But, at the conclusion of the four-hour meeting, Sen. Preston W. Smith, chairman of the Senate subcommittee with oversight of the judicial branch’s budget, told the group that deep spending [...]

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Nahmias is new justice

Thursday, August 13th, 2009, 2:15 pm / 5 Comments

Gov. Sonny Perdue has chosen U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias to become the newest justice at the Supreme Court of Georgia. He’s well-known in Georgia legal circles, having served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia since Nov. 29, 2004. What do you think of him as Perdue’s choice for justice on the [...]

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: 25 percent cut in budgets

Friday, May 29th, 2009, 4:55 pm / 11 Comments

Georgia’s courts, district attorneys and other judicial agencies are bracing for a 25 percent cut to their June budgets after an unofficial opinion from the office of Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker said that Gov. Sonny Perdue had the authority to cut funding for the judicial and legislative branches of the government. What do you [...]