Political Rewind: Fair Fight Action lawsuit; Supreme Court begins term; Future of EV plants

The panel:

Alan Abramowitz, @AlanIAbramowitz, professor emeritus of political science, Emory University

Fred Smith, @fredosmithjr, professor of Constitutional law, Emory University

Kendra King Momon, professor of politics, associate provost, Oglethorpe University

Patricia Murphy, @MurphyAJC,  political reporter and columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The breakdown:

1. Judge rules against Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight Action Group.

• Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, a group focused on fair elections, within weeks after losing her 2018 bid for governor.
• Fair Fight Action filed several lawsuits alleging “gross mismanagement” of Georgia’s elections.
  • A judge threw out those final arguments late Friday.

2. The Supreme Court begins its 2022-2023 term. 

• The court will hear several arguments including a case surrounding the EPA and MoneyGrams. 
• This marks the first time Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson takes the bench.
  • She is the first black woman to sit on the high court in its more than 200-year history. 

3. Future of  electric vehicle plants could be in jeopardy.  

• A Georgia judge rejected an agreement that would have provided a huge property tax break to Rivian Automotive.
• Meanwhile, Sen. Raphael Warnock proposed a bill to tweak requirements for electric vehicle tax credits in President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. 
  • This could give new life to a Hyuandi plant forming around Savannah.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The AJC's Tamar Hallerman joins the panel.