Difference between revisions of "Political Adversaries Cut From the Same Cloth"

Cobb County Senior Judge, Grant Brantley, challenged Justice Leah Ward Sears in 2004 for her seat on the Georgia Supreme Court bench in what was thought by some to be “the most expensive and high-profile court [election] in state history.”<ref>The Associated Press, [https://accesswdun.com/article/2004/7/165113 ''Supreme Court candidate releases sweeping endorsement'']</ref> Brantley's mantra at the time was that “[he] will interpret the law” and “[he] will not legislate.”<ref>The Moultrie Observer, Brantley says judge [election] pits conservative against liberal</ref> In an article published with [https://www.timesenterprise.com/news/local_news/brantley-taking-on-039-activist-judge-039/article_4e836170-338a-5be3-ae67-d3faed34c66c.html ''Thomasville Times-Enterprise''], written by Mark Lastinger, Brantley insisted that his opponent (Sears) was a “judicial activist” and that he and Sears were “different as night and day.”<ref>Thomasville Times-Enterprise, [https://www.timesenterprise.com/news/local_news/brantley-taking-on-039-activist-judge-039/article_4e836170-338a-5be3-ae67-d3faed34c66c.html ''Brantley taking on "activist judge"'']</ref> But now, in recent years, both Sears and Brantley show that they were cut from the same cloth—Brantley turning toward judicial activism for his money-making retirement plan.<ref>Navigating Justice, thewikilaw.org, [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fulton_Judiciary_Weaponizes_Project_ORCA ''Fulton Judiciary Weaponizes Project ORCA'']. The plaintiff requested from the court a release of all funds held in the Registry at around 5:20 PM on December 20, 2022; and Judge Melynee Leftridge entered an order releasing the funds without a hearing at 11:03 AM the very next morning (on December 21) with over $40,000 of those funds still in dispute for a jury to decide ownership of. [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Karma_prevails_and_Recusal_Motion_ensues Karma prevails and Recusal Motion ensues]. Despite Judge Leftridge's order being entered without a hearing or any supporting evidence, Judge Grant Brantley upheld Judge Leftridge's unconstitutional order and erroneously ruled that "Defendant was provided adequate due process". [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/9/9f/Order_Denying_Motion_to_Vacate.pdf Order, ''Paramount Properties Management Group LLC v. Derrick Jackson'', Fulton County Superior Court, Case No. 2022CV365529]</ref>