ATLANTA — Under attack by a Republican challenger, Gov. Brian Kemp is using the broad authorities of his office to strengthen his conservative credentials.
The governor's yearlong effort to secure former Gov. Sonny Perdue as the leader of the state's higher education system is only the latest example of Kemp's aggressive use of the executive branch's power in an election year.
In the past week alone, Kemp bypassed the conventional judicial vetting process to tap a 35-year-old former clerk of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to an open seat on the state's highest bench.
