Stacey Abrams Sister Just Got One Vicious Rebuke for Hiding Judicial Ethics Violations from Georgia Voters

Democrats built a rigged machine in Georgia – and voters finally got to see how it works.

Hours before Election Day, a federal judge ran interference for two radical leftist candidates gunning for Georgia's Supreme Court.

The 11th Circuit stepped in – and what they found buried in a sealed lawsuit should make every Georgia voter's blood boil.

Stacey Abrams Sister Ran Interference for Georgia Supreme Court Candidates

The Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission – the state watchdog tasked with policing judicial misconduct – found last weekend that two Democrat-backed Supreme Court candidates broke the rules.

The candidates were Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, both endorsed by Barack Obama and Kamala Harris.

They ran joint campaign commercials declaring "We're running for Georgia Supreme Court to fight for what's fair," pledged from the stage to "restore abortion rights" if elected, and publicly boosted each other's campaigns across the state.

Every one of those actions violated Georgia's Code of Judicial Conduct.

The JQC – enforcing these rules since 1972 – found Jordan and Rankin broke two separate provisions.

First: judicial candidates cannot publicly endorse one another.

Second: judicial candidates cannot make pledges on issues likely to come before the court.

Saying you will "restore abortion rights" while running for a court that has a live abortion case on its docket isn't a political position – it's a pre-committed ruling before you've taken the oath.

Obama Judge Leslie Gardner Blocked the Judicial Qualifications Commission Before Being Overruled

U.S. District Chief Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner issued a temporary restraining order Monday blocking the JQC from releasing its findings to voters.

Leslie Abrams Gardner is Stacey Abrams' sister.

She was appointed to the federal bench by Barack Obama in 2014.

She has a documented history of intervening in Georgia elections – in 2020, she blocked two Georgia counties from processing legal challenges to thousands of voter registrations, prompting Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to call it "a direct attack on rule of law in Georgia."

She declined to recuse herself then.

She declined to recuse herself now.

Gardner's justification this time: Jordan and Rankin would suffer "immediate and irreparable" injury if voters found out about the ethics violations in the final days of a "hotly contested election."

In her legal reasoning, the injury isn't voters casting uninformed ballots.

Voters learning the truth is the injury.

The 11th Circuit Reversed Gardner and Freed the Ethics Report

Two judges on the 11th Circuit – Kevin Newsom and Robert Luck – issued an emergency stay overturning Gardner's order Monday night.

Their reasoning: voters deserved to evaluate the credible ethics allegations before casting ballots.

A Biden-appointed judge dissented.

The vote was 2-1.

The disclosure went public – but not before Jordan and Rankin escalated further, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the 11th Circuit's stay.

These candidates ran under a banner of transparency, filed their lawsuit under seal for three weeks, fought at every court level to keep their own ethics violations hidden until after the polls closed – and called the whole thing a First Amendment issue.

What was at stake went beyond Jordan and Rankin.

And that’s why they got rebuked not only by the 11th Circuit Judges but by voters in yesterday’s election.

Georgia's Supreme Court will maintain a majority of Republican-appointed justices.

The two races could have flipped it toward a liberal majority.

But Georgia Supreme Court justices Sarah Hawkins Warren and Charlie Bethel kept their seats, defeating Rankin and Jordan in yesterday’s elections,

Obama endorsed Rankin and Jordan.

Obama's judicial appointee tried to bury the ethics findings before the 11th Circuit Judges stepped in and told voters the truth.

And thank God, as a live Georgia abortion case sits in the pipeline heading straight to that court.

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Sources:

• Amy Curtis, "A Judge Barred Release of GA Supreme Court Candidates' Misconduct Allegations. Here's Why It's a Problem," Townhall, May 19, 2026.
• Shawn Fleetwood, "Georgia Watchdog Says Democrat-Backed Supreme Court Candidates Broke Judicial Rules," The Federalist, May 18, 2026.
• "Jordan, Rankin Win Partial Court Order Stopping Misconduct Allegations from Being Publicized," Atlanta News First, May 18, 2026.
• "Judge Bars Georgia Judicial Panel's Disclosure of Supreme Court Candidates' Misconduct Allegations," The Hill, May 18, 2026.
• "Georgia Judicial Candidates Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Over Speech Issue," The Center Square, May 18, 2026.
• Brad Raffensperger, "Obama-Appointed Judge Strikes Blow to Rule of Law in Georgia Elections," Georgia Secretary of State, December 29, 2020.
• "Georgia Supreme Court Hopefuls Slip Secret JQC Lawsuit Into Race As Early Voting Begins," Hoodline, May 15, 2026.