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Comment on Next Week at the Court by No Forthcoming Opinions « SCOG Blog – The Supreme Court of Georgia Blog

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:11:29 +0000

[...] on Monday, March 5, 2012, none of which are civil within the scope of our coverage. The Court will hear argument in a number of cases beginning Monday morning. Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. from [...]

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Watch Oral Arguments « SCOG Blog – The Supreme Court of Georgia Blog — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:07:18 +0000

[...] morning’s Supreme Court session live through the Court’s website. On Friday we posted a summary of the civil cases being argued. Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. from → Court News, Oral Argument [...]

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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:12:17 +0000

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Comment on New Grants of Petitions for Certiorari in Civil Cases by Cliff Head

Cliff Head — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:22:32 +0000

FYI, Firefox will not display the July cases at http://www.gasupreme.us/granted_apps/sc_gcmain11.php. There is junk in the page that needs to be cleaned up. Internet Explorer renders the page properly despite the filler.

Comment on New StatPack for Supreme Court Year by August Recess « SCOG Blog – The Supreme Court of Georgia Blog

August Recess « SCOG Blog – The Supreme Court of Georgia Blog — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:40:20 +0000

[...] the recess, be sure to check out the SCOG Blog’s most recent Stat Pack, and some of the other great legal blogs out there, including the Daily Report’s ATLaw Blog [...]

Comment on Motions for Reconsideration Denied in Charter Schools Case by Georgia Supreme Court Refuses To Reconsider Charter Schools Case — Peach Pundit

Georgia Supreme Court Refuses To Reconsider Charter Schools Case — Peach Pundit — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:10:58 +0000

[...] this one under “We’ve already told you once”: The Supreme Court of Georgia this morning denied the motions for reconsideration filed by the State [...]

Comment on Analysis of Charter Schools Decision by Bryan Tyson

Bryan Tyson — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:19:50 +0000

The AJC is also collecting responses on this blog post: http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/05/16/reaction-to-charter-schools-decision-state-pledges-flexibility-but-dont-schools-really-need-money/

Comment on Analysis of Charter Schools Decision by Bryan Tyson

Bryan Tyson — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:18:40 +0000

I’m not sure anyone knows quite yet what the impact is on students enrolled in the schools. According to the comments at PeachPundit (which is collecting some of the responses), the State DOE is still analyzing what the impact is on already-operating charters: http://www.peachpundit.com/2011/05/16/state-supremes-to-low-income-georgia-students-youll-go-to-school-where-youre-told-and-youll-like-it/

Comment on Analysis of Charter Schools Decision by Robert

Robert — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:56:05 +0000

Bryan what does this do to the transcripts of the children that have been enrolled at the commission charter schools? Are they lost years of education?

Comment on Extending a Term of Court for the Charter Schools Commission Case by J. Clifford Head

J. Clifford Head — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:04:12 +0000

“Extending the term” to hear a post-disposition motion for reconsideration is one thing, but extending the term relative to a single as-yet-undecided case would render meaningless the constitutional mandate that the Court “dispose of every case at the term for which it is entered on the court’s docket for hearing or at the next term” as required under Art. 6, § 9 ¶ 2. When has that ever been attempted? “Infrequently” implies that there is at least one precedent for what the Court purports to do here. Having said that, while the statutory 15 day rule under OCGA § 15-2-4 is good policy, it is certainly not absolutely binding on the Supreme Court. It follows that there is still time to dispose of this case by the constitutional deadline. Still, under our constitution “every” September term case must be decided before the end of the January term. No statute can trump this constitutional imperative. The January term of Court is not being extended for “every” case, so the deadline is the deadline. But that deadline is still a couple of weeks away, so there is still time to avoid a constitutional crisis over whether this appeal has been disposed of by operation of law. And of course, since an affirmance by operation of law does not involve consideration of the merits of the appeal, “extending the term” for a motion for reconsideration would not lie with respect to such a disposition.