NEWS BRIEF: Chief Justice David Nahmias quits Georgia Supreme Court
No specific reason for departure
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Georgia Chief Justice David Nahmias handed in his resignation Friday, Feb. 11, and will leave the Supreme Court in July. Nahmias served 12 years during which he wrote 470 opinions and decided on 2,700 others. “I believe that I have contributed to making the decisional law of Georgia clearer, more consistent, and more faithful to the text and original understanding of our state’s Constitution and statutes,” he wrote in a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp, giving no specific reason for his departure. Before joining the bench, Nahmias, 57, was a federal prosecutor and U.S. attorney in Atlanta. capitol-beat.org
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The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel. Since 1896, the justices (increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017) have been elected by the people of the state. The justices are currently elected in statewide non-partisan elections for six-year terms, with any vacancies filled through an appointment by the Governor.