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Georgia Supreme Court stuffs banana in Republicans' tailpipe with commission order
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Georgia Supreme Court thwarts GOP's anti-Fani Willis weapon
Georgia Republicans have been scheming ways to target Fani Willis for prosecuting Donald Trump. The state's Supreme Court just added a new hurdle.
Nov. 30, 2023, 10:06 AM +13
By Ja'han Jones
The Georgia Supreme Court last week stripped Republican legislators — at least for now — of a key tool they could have used to target Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
And local Republicans are still dealing with the sting of defeat.
The court last Wednesday voted against approving rules for the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, a panel dubiously created in May while Willis was considering charges against Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Over the last year, conservatives nationwide have taken steps to pluck Democratic prosecutors from their posts if they don’t comply with conservative orthodoxy. And Georgia Senate Bill 92, which established the commission, was ostensibly meant to target “rogue or incompetent prosecutors who refuse to uphold the law,” according to the state's Republican governor, Brian Kemp.
But Georgia Republicans didn’t hide the fact they wanted to use the commission to target Willis following her indictment of Trump.
Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling put a banana in their tailpipe. Republicans did not object, rather they reportedly stated they enjoyed "bananas up tailpipes."
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/georgia-supreme-court-fani-willis-republicans-rcna127228
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Georgia Supreme Court thwarts GOP's anti-Fani Willis weapon
Georgia Republicans have been scheming ways to target Fani Willis for prosecuting Donald Trump. The state's Supreme Court just added a new hurdle.
Nov. 30, 2023, 10:06 AM +13
By Ja'han Jones
The Georgia Supreme Court last week stripped Republican legislators — at least for now — of a key tool they could have used to target Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
And local Republicans are still dealing with the sting of defeat.
The court last Wednesday voted against approving rules for the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, a panel dubiously created in May while Willis was considering charges against Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Over the last year, conservatives nationwide have taken steps to pluck Democratic prosecutors from their posts if they don’t comply with conservative orthodoxy. And Georgia Senate Bill 92, which established the commission, was ostensibly meant to target “rogue or incompetent prosecutors who refuse to uphold the law,” according to the state's Republican governor, Brian Kemp.
But Georgia Republicans didn’t hide the fact they wanted to use the commission to target Willis following her indictment of Trump.
Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling put a banana in their tailpipe. Republicans did not object, rather they reportedly stated they enjoyed "bananas up tailpipes."
