Gifts for judges under scrutiny

A recent investigation by the nonpartisan organization Fix the Court revealed a number of gifts from University of Georgia athletics officials to Peach State federal judges, including U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Brunswick Division of the Southern District of Georgia.

The ongoing controversy over alleged influence-peddling by wealthy conservatives of U.S. Supreme Court justices is leading advocates and reporters to look closer at gifts to federal judges at the circ…

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