Do you need to update your voter registration info after moving to a new county? Asked by a soon to be moving Rockdale County high school senior and answered by the Judge Amanda Flora of the Henry County Magistrate Court. #judgesreadmeaningfultweets@gafcpNews @georgiacivics
Why are the Bill of Rights separate from the rest of the Constitution? Question from a DeKalb high school, answered by Tifton Judicial Circuit Juvenile Court Judge Render Heard. #judgesreadmeaningfultweets
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We’ll post videos all week of judges answering questions from GA students about the Constitution and there is no better place to start than @SupremeCourtGA@JudgeCarla responding to a HS student in DeKalb about the very first line, “We the People...” #judgesreadmeaningfultweets
Constitution Day is rapidly approaching! Every September 17 we celebrate the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, this year we teamed up with the Georgia Center for Civic Engagement and Georgia Family Connection Partnership for a series called #judgesreadmeaningfultweets!
@GACourts The pandemic forced us to learn to use technology and virtual proceedings to ensure social distancing. Having found some of those proceedings to be very efficient, I believe we will continue to use them on some level in the future. #AskGAJudges
@GACourts My favorite phrase is "We the People." It reminds me that we are all in this together with that very important document as our guide. #AskGAJudges
@GACourts I have not, but my youngest daughter has it memorized word for word, and so I feel like I have seen it. On her behalf, I would highly recommend it. #AskGAJudges
@GACourts As a juvenile court judge, I inform people everyday of their constitutional right to counsel, the right to have an attorney assist them in their cases. #AskGaJudges
The most important part of my job is ensuring that everyone who has a right to be heard in a case gets their voice heard and are treated with fairness and respect. #AskGaJudges
Yes, I remember my first voting experience. It was the 1988 presidential election. Voting was taken very seriously in my home. My parents would not even tell me who they were voting for, because in those days your vote was considered a very private decision. #AskGAJudges
Q4 - 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the 26th Amendment which was ratified on July 1, 1971, and which guarantees the right to vote to all citizens 18 years of age or older, do you remember the first time you ever voted in an election?
Sebastian D., Walton County #AskGAJudges