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APRIL 5, 2024

The suit’s plaintiffs include several civil rights organizations, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Alabama-based advocacy groups. The post Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance appeared first on JURIST - News.

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MAY 22, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an amended legal complaint Wednesday against Alabama and its Department of Corrections for several alleged violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. In April 2019, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division notified Alabama state attorneys of the prisoner violence and sexual abuse violations.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Department of Justice announced on Friday that Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device after detonating a bomb outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. Attorney General Merrick B. No one was injured, and nearby buildings sustained no damage.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2021

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill Monday legalizing the use of medical marijuana in the state. Alabama’s State Legislature voted to legalize medical marijuana earlier this month. The post Alabama governor signs bill legalising medical marijuana appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A federal district court on Monday denied the Alabama Secretary of State’s emergency motion to allow Alabama to hold elections with congressional maps which have been called “racially gerrymandered.” In denying the emergency motion, the three judge panel found “there is no emergency.” ” Allen v.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-28 to pass HB 385 , which prohibits public libraries from providing materials that are “harmful to minors” or “obscene.” ” The bill, which passed on Thursday, will now go to the Alabama Senate. Earlier this month, t he Idaho Senate approved House Bill No.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Alabama Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that puts a politically-appointed board in charge of the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH), as well as a bill that makes it easier for municipalities to fire members of a local library’s board of directors.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

A panel of three federal judges Monday blocked Alabama’s new congressional district map, finding that it unlawfully disadvantages Black voters. Alabama’s attorney general has indicated that the state will appeal the decision.

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JURIST

MAY 24, 2023

Alabama State House Representative Fred Plump Jr. agreed to resign from the Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday as part of a plea deal for federal criminal charges. Alabama Act No. The post Alabama state representative takes plea deal for criminal charges, resigns appeared first on JURIST - News.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) denied Friday Amazon’s effort to limit mail voting in its Alabama union representation election, allowing 6,000 employees to begin voting Monday on whether to unionize.

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JURIST

MAY 3, 2024

A coalition of rights groups led by the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday challenging four provisions of Alabama Senate Bill 1 , Act No. The case is in the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama. ” Alabama is among the states with the most rigid absentee ballot process.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The US Supreme Court reinstated Alabama’s new congressional map Monday, which had previously been blocked by a lower court for violating § 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). In a press release, the ACLU of Alabama expressed disappointment over the decision but also noted that the litigation would continue.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“Alabama will appeal rejection of congressional map to U.S. Supreme Court”: Mike Cason of Alabama Media Group has this report. ” John Fritze of USA Today reports that “ Federal court strikes down Alabama congressional maps in showdown over Black voting power.”

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JURIST

JULY 22, 2023

Governor of Alabama Kay Ivey approved a new congressional map Friday, passed by the Alabama legislature during a special session , which designates only one majority-Black district in the state. The approval is in defiance of the US Supreme Court ruling in Allen v. However, this does not reflect the demographics of the state.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) announced Friday that it would file Objections and Unfair Labor Practice Charges (ULPs) against Amazon with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the wake of the RWDSU’s unsuccessful union election this year at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Milligan to determine whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for the US House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Under the new map, even though Black voters account for 27 percent of Alabama’s population , they would likely only elect 14 percent of the state’s representatives to the US House.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Alabama SOS Wes Allen might not have consulted a lawyer about the latest voter purge. The post Alabama Purges Voter Rolls, VRA Be Damned appeared first on Above the Law. But he's definitely going to need one now.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

“Plaintiffs move to dismiss lawsuit that led to Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision; The couple in the final remaining lawsuit over the destruction of embryos at a Mobile facility moved to end the suit last week”: Alander Rocha of Alabama Reflector has this report.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The post Alabama Supreme Court Chief Believes Some WILD Stuff appeared first on Above the Law. He's saying the quite part out loud.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Alabama ruling is painful, and portends uncertainty. The post 5 Things You Should Know About The Alabama Declaration That Embryos Are People appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The US Supreme Court denied Alabama’s appeal of a court order prohibiting elections with gerrymandered congressional maps. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has battled claims that the Alabama’s state congressional were racially gerrymandered since 2021. The case Milligan v.

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MARCH 11, 2021

“No Immunity for Alabama Cop Who Tased Girl in Throes of Seizure; Five years deep into litigation, the 11th Circuit rejected an officer’s move to shield himself from liability for using his taser on an incapacitated 17-year-old”: Izzy Kapnick of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Gentry in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with the assistance of the Alabama ACLU, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was held in jail pre-trial due to his inability to afford a $1,000 bail, based on the Alabama bail schedule in the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The post Court Rejects Alabama Request To Pretty Please Let It Keep Using Racial Gerrymanders Forever appeared first on Above the Law. The Southern strategy.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The post Did The New Alabama IVF Protection Law Fix The State’s Embryo Problem? When you rush to do damage control, sometimes you also rush into unintended consequences. appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The post This Biglaw Firm Has You Covered From Alabama To Wyoming appeared first on Above the Law. Who needs local counsel?

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s COVID-19 mask mandate. The post Federal judge dismisses challenge to Alabama COVID-19 mask mandate appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Thanks for your support! DONATE NOW.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 27, 2021

Alabama, the Supreme Court held "that mandatory life without parole for those under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on 'cruel and unusual punishments.'" In Miller v. The case that led.

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HowAppealing

MAY 2, 2024

“IVF and the Alabama Ruling”: The Spring 2024 issue of The New Atlantis contains a series of essays on this topic. Leah Libresco Sargeant has an essay titled “ Embryos as Schrödinger’s Persons: The Alabama IVF ruling reveals peculiar entities that are neither people nor property until we need them to be.”

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A US federal court on Wednesday partially blocked enforcement of an Alabama law criminalizing absentee ballot assistance. Alabama is one of numerous states attempting to reform voting procedures. The post Federal court blocks Alabama law prohibiting absentee ballot assistance appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

Alabama’s legislature must now redraw the maps, which previously “packed” most of the state’s Black population into just one of Alabama’s seven congressional districts. The court then rejected Alabama’s attempts to change the court’s approach to section 2 claims.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“How the Supreme Court’s conservatives rebuffed Alabama”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report. The post “How the Supreme Court’s conservatives rebuffed Alabama” appeared first on How Appealing.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

“Alabama judge sanctions LGBTQ rights lawyers for ‘judge shopping”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“The Alabama Supreme Court Embraces Fetal Personhood”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The post “The Alabama Supreme Court Embraces Fetal Personhood” appeared first on How Appealing.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

“Alabama Supreme Court Cites the Bible in Terrifying Embryo Ruling; The Alabama Supreme Court’s decision is all but guaranteed to gut IVF in the entire state”: Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling has this essay online at The New Republic.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos”: Tim Craig and Sabrina Malhi of The Washington Post have this report. Joslin and Mary Ziegler have a Jurisprudence essay titled “ Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling.”

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JULY 26, 2023

“How Alabama could get away with defying the Supreme Court; The Court ordered Alabama to draw a second congressional district where Black voters can elect their chosen candidate”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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