Alabama Constitutional Law Laws 
JURIST
JUNE 27, 2022
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a case where a Christian ministry sued the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over being labeled a hate group. ’ ‘ New York Times and the Court’s decisions extending it were policy-driven decisions masquerading as constitutional law.’
Constitutional Law Reporter
JANUARY 1, 2024
Constitutional law took center stage in many U.S. The Elections Clause does not insulate state legislatures from the ordinary exercise of state judicial review,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote, ensuring that state courts retain the authority to review election laws under state constitutions.
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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. In Merrill v.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The crossed-out language is what will be removed from the constitution if Proposal 2 is adopted. According to the author of Proposal 2, Vermont constitutional law professor Peter Teachout, the amendment makes no change to substantive rights. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent.
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. That new map was signed into law as HB1. The Court preliminarily enjoined Alabama from using HB1 in forthcoming elections. In Allen v.
Paralegal Bootcamp
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The partner tells me that the DC partner was the head of the firm’s pro bono department, and I’d be the lead litigation paralegal on a case involving a civil rights violation in Alabama prisons. And I learned a lot about an area of law that I had never been exposed to, and never would have been exposed to, without that pro bono opportunity.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 7, 2022
Proponents of the theory, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, believe that the Constitution gives state legislatures nearly unfettered authority to write the rules for federal elections, with little or no oversight from state courts. The North Carolina case. The North Carolina dispute, Moore v. He was referring to Merrill v.
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