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Georgia judge questions need for hand-count rule so close to election
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said he would soon rule on a lawsuit by Cobb County’s election board seeking to stop the hand-count requirement the Republican-controlled State ...
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Court TV has nothing on Fulton Judge Robert McBurney's YouTube channel
Forget about Court TV. For legal eagles who want gavel-to-gavel access, nothing hits quite like Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney's livestream. Why it matters: Justice is served ...
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Judge McBurney Cites Jan. 6 as Reason for Stopping Georgia Hand Count Vote
Sean O'Driscoll is a Newsweek Senior Crime and Courts Reporter based in Ireland. His focus is reporting on U.S. law. He has covered human rights and extremism extensively. Sean joined Newsweek in ...
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‘It is also futile’: Georgia judge blames ‘prosaic reason’ for rejecting third lawsuit from pro-Trump election official demanding documents before certifying results
Background: FILE – Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney looks through paperwork, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File). Inset: Fulton County board of elections ...
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Georgia Judge Shoots Down Efforts by Republican County Officials to Meddle with Election Process: ‘Voters Would Be Silenced’
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued a ruling on Tuesday that Georgia’s county election officials cannot “refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results und ...
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Georgia judge rules election officials must certify vote counts, even if they suspect fraud
A judge in a key battleground state has ruled that county election officials must certify results by the legal deadline even if they suspect fraud or mistakes. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ...
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Judge McBurney steps down atop Georgia's Judicial Hearing Panel
ATLANTA - The Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney is stepping down as the presiding officer of the Judicial Qualifications Commission Hearing Panel after seven years. Judge McBurney ...
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Judge Robert McBurney steps down as presiding officer of JQC after 7 years
ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney has stepped down as Presiding Officer of the Judicial Qualifications Commission Hearing Panel after more than seven years of service.
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Georgia Judge’s Abortion Decision Will Reverberate Across The South, Albeit Temporarily
Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney issued an order Monday striking down the state’s six-week abortion ban and allowing the procedure to be performed again in the state up until 22 ...
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Georgia judge overturns state’s six-week ‘heartbeat’ abortion law, calls it 'unconstitutional'
A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, has overturned the state’s "Heartbeat Law" on abortion, which made it illegal to terminate a pregnancy after six weeks. Fulton County Superior Court Judge ...
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Georgia Election Officials Must Certify Election Results, Judge Rules
The decision came from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who emphasized that no election official has the discretion to delay or refuse certification under any circumstance.