A state agency responsible for overseeing complaints of judicial misconduct says that two Democratic-backed candidates seeking to oust Republican-appointed state Supreme Court justices violated judicial ethics rules during their campaigns.
A special committee within the state Judicial Qualifications Commission released two public statements Sunday, just days before the election, declaring that it “reasonably believes” former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and personal injury attorney Miracle Rankin defied Georgia’s Code of Judicial Conduct by publicly endorsing each other.
They also appeared at reproductive freedom events and conveyed that they would restore abortion rights, the committee said, in violation of a rule prohibiting judges and judicial candidates from making statements about issues that are likely to come before the court. A legal challenge to Georgia’s six-week abortion ban is still pending and will likely come back to the state Supreme Court.
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