Legal Opinion
In re Judicial Qualifications Commission Formal Advisory Opinion No. 239
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 30, 2016No. S15Z1633PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
On August 28, 2013, the Judicial Qualifications Commission rendered Formal Advisory Opinion No. 239, which concerns Canon 2 (A) of the former Code of Judicial Conduct. In pertinent part, Canon 2 (A) provides that “[j]udges shall respect and comply with the law,”1 *292and Opinion No. 239 concerns the obligation of judges to respect and comply with the constitutional guarantee of the right of public access to judicial proceedings. Concerned that Opinion No. 239reflects some misunderstandings about the scope of that right and the extent to which it is clear and settled in the decisional law, the…
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