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Immigration Judge Grants Bond for Spanish-Language Journalist Arrested During Protest

His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, has said he isn’t a legal permanent resident but has authorization to work and remain in the United States.

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Judge Blocks Georgia’s Social Media Age Verification Law, Citing Free Speech Concerns

Like in seven other states where such laws have been blocked, a federal judge ruled Thursday that the Georgia law infringes on free speech rights.

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Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Republicans Push Bill To Limit Public Access to Lawmaker and Police Records

Lawmakers are mostly exempt from the state’s Open Records Act, but even fewer records would be available to the public under the bill.

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Outside of the Fulton County Jail following the indictment of former U.S. President Trump

Rudy Giuliani Is in Contempt of Court in $148 Million Defamation Case

The ruling is a result of failing to properly respond to requests for information following a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers.

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs defamation lawsuit at the District Courthouse in Washington

Georgia Election Workers Seeking More Penalties Against Rudy Giuliani

Attorneys argued that Giuliani has “brazenly” violated a signed agreement to stop repeating the falsehoods, which he allegedly did during two of his nightly shows.

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Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Augusta, Georgia in the wake of Hurricane Helene

Lawsuit Seeks To Reopen Voter Registration in Georgia After Hurricane Helene

The Georgia plaintiffs argue that the shutdown of voter registration violates their rights under the First Amendment and 14th Amendment.

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Outside of the Fulton County Jail following the indictment of former U.S. President Trump

National Bail Fund Returns to Georgia After Judge Says Limits Were Arbitrary

The ACLU of Georgia argued the law “makes it illegal for people to exercise their First Amendment rights to help those who are detained solely because they are poor.”

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Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp holds a campaign event in Ringgold, Georgia

Georgia Democrats Sue To Overturn Law Allowing Unlimited Campaign Cash

The lawsuit asks a judge to declare that a 2021 law is unconstitutional because it unfairly gives unlimited fundraising powers to some people but not others.

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