Georgia's governor on Thursday announced the appointment of a new justice to fill a vacant seat on the state's highest court. Gov. Brian Kemp said Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin Land will fill the spot on the Georgia Supreme Court left by former Chief Justice Michael Boggs,

As a law student at the University of Georgia, Benjamin A. Land clerked for the Georgia Supreme Court. After decades of judicial experience and a stint serving in the state appellate court, Land will soon return to the Supreme Court,

After Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Columbus native and current Georgia Court of Appeals judge Ben Land to be the state’s next Supreme Court justice, he spoke with WRBL News 3’s Chuck Williams to provide detail on his decision.