{"id":111614,"date":"2025-03-24T01:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/24\/georgias-courts-should-mirror-georgias-people-ex-chief-justice-calls-for-improved-diversity-on-appellate-benches-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T01:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:59:59","slug":"georgias-courts-should-mirror-georgias-people-ex-chief-justice-calls-for-improved-diversity-on-appellate-benches-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/24\/georgias-courts-should-mirror-georgias-people-ex-chief-justice-calls-for-improved-diversity-on-appellate-benches-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Georgia&#8217;s Courts Should Mirror Georgia&#8217;s People&#8217;: Ex-Chief Justice Calls for Improved Diversity on Appellate Benches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all but two of Georgia&#8217;s 24 appellate judges being white, an opportunity to improve judicial diversity exists through a current vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/915435413\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/915435413\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/915435413\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/915435413\/law\/legal-news,\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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