by Bill Black | Nov 1, 2019 | The Forum
When lawyers in private practice fail in a fundamental responsibility, clients have recourses. When government lawyers commit the same missteps, particularly in criminal cases, there are far fewer options. Recent decisions from the Georgia Supreme Court shed...
by Bill Black | Sep 11, 2019 | The Forum
A David and Goliath story recently emerged during Georgia Supreme Court oral arguments in Ballin v. the State. “David” being the very few Georgia evidence scholars who got it right and the “Goliath” being a systemic disregard for the most fundamental body of...
by Bill Black | Sep 5, 2019 | The Forum
Instead of dialogue about productive measures to contend with America’s gang crisis besieging Georgia, a recent Marc Hyden Forum oped amounts to a Shakespearean thumb-bite with no actual purpose except to incite political polarization and the underreporting of...
by Bill Black | Jul 16, 2019 | The Forum
Congress should replay Georgia’s old sweet song before questioning Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s credentials instead of his politics at his upcoming hearing. Down many roads these hearings will lead, yet they all lead back to whether Mueller was even...