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Conservatives in Georgia have desperately tried to silence a candidate for Georgia's Supreme Court who has voiced support for abortion rights ahead of a consequential election on Tuesday. Former Democratic Rep. John Barrow is challenging incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson in Tuesday’s vote, using an abortion-rights playbook that helped liberals recapture the majority on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court in an election last year.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was appointed by Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. In an interview with the ReidOut Blog on Tuesday, Barrow compared his situation to that of Janet Protasiewicz, who won that Wisconsin seat only to face calls for impeachment over comments she made during her campaign about voting rights. “In Wisconsin, they had a huge campaign.
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