JURIST

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A US District Court Northern District of Alabama three judge panel Tuesday tossed out the Alabama legislature’s proposed congressional map, holding that the current map is still racially gerrymandered and likely violates Section Two of the Voting Rights Act.

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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). ” On Monday, the Supreme Court reinstated the map in a 5-4 vote.

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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

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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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. In the US Supreme Court case Miller v.

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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. The new map is expected to be challenged in Federal Court.

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JURIST

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

JANUARY 25, 2022

A panel of three federal judges Monday blocked Alabama’s new congressional district map, finding that it unlawfully disadvantages Black voters. The court ruled that lawmakers should redraw the map to include two districts with a substantial Black population, rather than one.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan to determine whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for the US House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The core of Merrill’s argument focused on discouraging the court from seeing race as a redistricting principle.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up the question of whether states can impose schedule-based cash bail on an indigent defendant before allowing their pre-trial release from jail. The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them.

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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

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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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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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Not gonna lie, 'Too racist for Alabama' would be a sick LinkedIn line.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday night ruled that the execution of an Alabama man must remain on hold unless the state allows the man, Willie Smith III, to have his pastor by his side in the execution chamber. The post Court won’t allow Alabama execution without a pastor appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Supreme Court added two new cases Monday involving Native Americans to its docket this term. United States , which asks the Court to consider an issue regarding the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment. The first case is Denezpi v. He was found guilty and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A US federal court on Wednesday partially blocked enforcement of an Alabama law criminalizing absentee ballot assistance. The court sided with a coalition of plaintiffs who argued the law would violate the rights of disabled, blind, and low-literacy voters. The judge enjoined several sections of Senate Bill 1 (SB1).

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

In a 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court found Thursday in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s legislature violated the voting rights of Black Alabamians with the composition of the state’s congressional maps. The court found that the plaintiffs satisfied all three prongs in this case, upholding the lower court’s decision.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2021

Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an unsigned order maintaining a federal eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The dispute, Alabama Association of Realtors v. The district court agreed, but placed a hold on the ruling to give the federal government time to appeal. The post U.S.

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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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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 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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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v. Robinson , unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. As in Alabama, the people of Louisiana have the law on their side and the facts on their side.

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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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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 court found that the complaint was a “shotgun complaint.” The US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed the challenge last Friday.

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MARCH 6, 2024

“Thank the Alabama Supreme Court for its IVF decision. And in related news coverage, Kim Bellware of The Washington Post reports that “ Fourth couple sues Alabama clinic at heart of IVF court ruling.” ” The post “Thank the Alabama Supreme Court for its IVF decision.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute; For the second time in recent months, the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama lawmakers and their proposed congressional district map”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. Supreme Court. ” David G. ” David G.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Share It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisianas latest redistricting plan. And with Republicans holding only a slim majority in the House of Representatives, the courts decision could affect the balance of power there. The legislature drafted a new map, known as S.B.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“Case before Alabama Supreme Court could shut down fertility clinics, medical group warns”: Amy Yurkanin of Alabama Media Group has this report. And Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “ Alabama Supreme Court considers fundamental question: What is life?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

“Alabama Supreme Court grants state’s request to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia”: Mike Cason of Alabama Media Group has this report. ” The post “Alabama Supreme Court grants state’s request to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen hypoxia” 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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JANUARY 15, 2023

“After state twice runs out of time, Alabama Supreme Court ends midnight deadline for executions”: Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group has this report about an order that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued last Thursday.

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

Supreme Court will hear case of Alabama doctor who prescribed powerful opioids”: Amy Yurkanin of Alabama Media Group has this report. “U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The civil rights groups involved include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund (NAACP LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Both suits ask that the court enjoin the state from using the districts in upcoming elections.

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