Alabama Constitutional Law Court Decisions 
Constitutional Law Reporter
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Supreme Court allowed Alabama to implement a congressional redistricting map that includes only one district with a majority of Black voters. While a lower court agreed with challengers that the map constitutes illegal racial gerrymandering, the Supreme Court granted a stay, effectively putting the order on hold.
Constitutional Law Reporter
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Supreme Court held that challengers showed a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that an Alabama Congressional redistricting plan likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In reaching its decision, the Court confirmed that the Voting Rights Act prohibits discriminatory effects, not just discriminatory intent.
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Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 28, 2023
Before trial, Smith moved to dismiss the indictment for lack of venue, citing the Constitution’s Venue Clause (Article III, §2, cl. The District Court concluded that factual disputes related to venue should be resolved by the jury and denied Smith’s motion to dismiss without prejudice. [T]he
Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 16, 2023
Before trial, Smith moved to dismiss the indictment for lack of venue, citing the Constitution’s Venue Clause (Article III, §2, cl. The District Court concluded that factual disputes related to venue should be resolved by the jury and denied Smith’s motion to dismiss without prejudice. [T]he
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 13, 2022
Having lived through Dred Scott , he was deeply conscious of how mistakes by the court could lead to terrible outcomes. Comparing court decisions with which he disagreed to Dred Scott was almost a reflexive tactic of his. And it would have given African Americans the assurance that the Supreme Court was on their side.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Professor Koppelman quoted a 1911 servitude decision in Bailey v. Alabama , 219 U.S. ” Bailey involved an Alabama law making it a crime to refuse to do labor under a contract. Alabama , 219 U.S. ” Bailey involved an Alabama law making it a crime to refuse to do labor under a contract.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 4, 2021
However, he then said it was worth extending the moratorium because it would take time for a court to intervene and, in the interim, they could rush out money to renters despite the lack of constitutional authority to do so. Like many, I was mystified by the Supreme Court decision not to strike down the moratorium.
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