When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.
On the Wednesday, Feb. 7 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia's courts are short-staffed on a variety of fronts; the state Senate passes a bill to allow tax holidays for gun purchases; and Democrats speak out against a cash bail bill now headed to Gov. Kemp's desk.