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Georgia's role in the founding of the US

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Georgia's role in the founding of the US

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Georgia as a colony - (1732 - 1750)

Georgia became the last colony England colonized in North America, and it was proceeded by James Oglethorpe, a former army officer. He tried to negotiate with Native Americans, As he believed it was necessary to understand Natives to remain free from attack. As a result, Indian trade became an important factor in growing Georgia's economy.

Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution (1788)

Georgia elected six delegates to the Constitutional Convention. while Georgia picked 6, only 4 went and signed the document. Delegates in Augusta voted to ratify the new U.S. Constitution in 1788.

Sources: library of congress. “Establishing the Georgia Colony, 1732-1750 | Colonial Settlement, 1600s - 1763 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress.” Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/colonial-settlement-1600-1763/georgia-colony-1732-1750/.

“Georgia Ratifies the U.S. Constitution - Today in Georgia History.” Today in Georgia History - Just Another WordPress Site, 22 July 2021, www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/tih-georgia-day/georgia-ratifies-the-u-s-constitution/#:~:text=Georgia%20elected%20six%20delegates%20to. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.

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Georgia's interaction with the federal government

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Georgia's interaction with the federal government

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Georgia is the main state that gets a lot of benefits from the federal government, especially for the military, transportation, health, and social services.

And Georgia provides military bases and participates in many projects about counterterrorism.

"In 2021, Georgia developed its National Counterterrorism Strategy and Action plan for 2022-26" and this represents a robust measure through the entire security of the U.S. system

Source: “Georgia.” United States Department of State, www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/georgia. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.

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It consists of two chambers:

1. The Georgia Senate: The upper house with 56 members

2. The Georgia House of Representatives: The lower house with 180 members.

Georgia is one of the largest state legislatures in the nation, and it creates law, debates law, determines law, sets the state's operating budget, and proposes laws on topics (ex. education and environmental protections)

Source: “Georgia General Assembly.” Georgia.gov, georgia.gov/organization/georgia-general-assembly#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20largest%20state.

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Due to the power and the authority being different, a policy they can make is also different. during the COVID year, it was quite noticeable they had their process.

During the COVID, the Governor reopened the economic system resulting in more jobs and a thriving business environment. However, the president passed a $1.9 trillion COVID relief deal in March 2021, such as direct payments, and vaccine funding, to support people who had been directly affected the COVID.

Sources: https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-05-16/gov-kemp-announces-more-415m-awards-address-negative-economic-impact

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The department of Administrative Services (DOAS): providing support services to state agencies (ex. Procurement, human resources)

The department of Agriculture (GDA): regulating and promoting agriculture industry (ex. food inspecting, plant protection)

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Georgia's court system is consisted of six classes of trial-level courts: Superior / State / Juvenile / Probate / Magistrate / Municipal.

https://www.effinghamsheriff.org/DocumentCenter/View/560/Guide-to-Georgia-Courts-PDF?bidId=#:~:text=The%20Georgia%20court%20system%20has,Court%20and%20Court%20of%20Appeals.

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Here are some popular court cases:

1. Bowers v. Hardwick (1986): The court upheld Georgia's law about criminalizing sexual acts between gay people as illegal sodomy.

2. Furman v. Georgia (1972): The court stopped death penalty by striking down systems

3. Gregg v. Georgia (1976): The court ended the moratorium on the death penalty

4. Stanley v. Georgia (1969): The court affirmed the first amendment's protection of private possession of pornographic material

7 important Supreme Court cases that started in Georgia (ajc.com)

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Rome v. United States (1980): Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the United States Supreme Court recognized Congress's right to reject voting reforms in specific jurisdictions with a history of discrimination.

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/georgia-bill-of-rights/

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Companies and organizations are bringing suits to question the law. The law faces challenges based on unconstitutionality and violation of constitutional provisions including the voting rights act, and the first and fourth amendments among other federal and state constitutional provisions. The plaintiffs are the US justice department, NAACP, ACLU, league of women voters, other voters, and civil rights organizations.

Here Are All The Lawsuits Challenging Georgia's New Voting Law | Georgia Public Broadcasting (gpb.org)

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Georgia uses a runoff system for primary and general elections, which means that if no candidate achieves more than 50% of the vote in the first round, the top two candidates progress to the second round. This system has the potential to influence election strategy and outcomes, as well as voter turnout and involvement. Georgia has a history of political realignment and evolution, hence the state's dominant party and ideology have shifted throughout time. Georgia, for example, was a Democratic bastion for much of the twentieth century before shifting to the Republican Party in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, Georgia has become more competitive and varied in recent years, with certain urban and suburban areas leaning more Democratic and others remaining more Republican.

Here's how Middle Georgia's political map was redrawn and how it will impact voters (msn.com)

Georgia Republicans approve new map that protects their advantage in state’s congressional delegation (msn.com)

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Former President Donald Trump's bid to halt the Fulton County criminal investigation into his activities affecting Georgia's 2020 election results was refused by the Georgia Supreme Court. The court ruled that Trump did not meet the "extraordinary circumstances" that warranted their participation. A panel of justices appointed by Republican governors reached a unanimous decision. The investigation will center on Trump's pressure on Georgia authorities and the "fake electors" plot, according to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

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Georgia Supreme Court dismisses Trump bid to shut down Fulton County probe | CNN Politics

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The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a long shot legal bid from former President Donald Trump to essentially shut down the Fulton County criminal probe into his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.

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Polling is a method used to gather people's opinions, on topics. It is commonly employed to assess support for programs or politicians and to gather information or viewpoints. In Georgia polling is conducted by institutions such as the University of Georgia and The Marketing Workshop, Inc. To represent the views of the population polls typically involve selecting between 400 and 1,200 individuals, with a margin of error ranging from 3 to 5 percentage points. Different methods like phone surveys, mail-in surveys, email surveys, personal interviews, or online surveys are utilized for polling purposes. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages in terms of cost, response rates, and accuracy.

To ensure quality standards in polling practices reference is made to organizations like the American Association, for Public Opinion Research and the Council of American Survey Research Organizations.

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Public-Opinion Polling - New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Public-opinion polling is the practice of gathering opinions and attitudes from individuals about a topic or issue. Public-opinion polls can be used to determine the percentage of individuals who support or oppose a public policy or a specific candidate in an election, to gather key factual information from individuals (for example, the number of hours […]