Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and was confirmed in 2006.

Chief Judge Timothy C. Batten Sr. serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and was confirmed in 2006.

Credit: University of Georgia School of Law

President Donald Trump is getting his first opportunity of his second term to nominate a judge to the federal bench in Georgia.

The state senate passed a bill yesterday that would ban state employee health plans from covering gender-affirming care.

A judge has granted bond for the father of the 14-year-old boy accused of last year's deadly shooting at Apalachee High School.

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