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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JURIST

MARCH 23, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday reversed a decision by Wisconsin’s Supreme Court selecting state legislative districts drawn by the governor while also allowing the use of the governor’s congressional district map. The Court’s action today is unprecedented.

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HowAppealing

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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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.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was right to require Alabama to allow Willie B. Alabama argues that the warden should have the right to deem who is trustworthy enough to attend an execution.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

“Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued Friday.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from the state of Alabama regarding a death row inmate’s request for an alternative execution method. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent to the court’s denial, claiming that the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was wrong.

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MAY 20, 2023

“Federal court rules Alabama cannot execute Joseph Smith due to his mental disability”: Hadley Hitson of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report on a unanimous per curiam opinion that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

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MAY 19, 2024

“We’ll Protect Both Life and IVF: A Senate bill to clear up confusion after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling.” The post “We’ll Protect Both Life and IVF: A Senate bill to clear up confusion after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling.” ” U.S. ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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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.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear arguments early next year in the latest chapter in a protracted dispute over race and redistricting in Louisiana. The court also sent Joseph Smith’s case from Alabama’s death row back to the court of appeals for more clarification of the basis for the lower court’s decision.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children”: Jacqueline Howard of CNN has this report. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children” appeared first on How Appealing. “How the reversal of Roe v.

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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 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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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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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings that blocked the execution of Matthew Reeves, granting Alabama’s request to lift the injunction and clearing the way to execute Reeves by lethal injection, reports The Hill. The Court has no warrant to reweigh the evidence offered below. “The

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MARCH 13, 2024

“The People Rooting for the End of IVF; An Alabama court ruling that recognized an embryo as a child has put the popular fertility treatment into the center of a national ethics debate”: Elaine Godfrey of The Atlantic has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday evening allowed Alabama to execute a man who argued that the state had failed to give him proper accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act so that he could select his method of execution. A few hours after the court issued the order, the state executed him by lethal injection.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday night declined to postpone the execution of Willie Smith III, who argued that Alabama prison officials deprived him of a meaningful ability to select his method of execution under state law. Smith’s appeal was the second time this year that he sought emergency relief at the high court this year.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Again Alabama is on the wrong side of a court ruling. The post Alabama’s F You To The Supreme Court Isn’t Working Out The Way They Hoped appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the US Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the prosecution from retrying a criminal defendant if it is determined that the original trial venue was improper. But the court held that “the mere burden of a second trial has never justified an exemption from the retrial rule.”

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Share Lawyers for Alabama voters urged the justices to stay out of a dispute over the state’s congressional map. In January 2022, two federal courts agreed that the 2021 map likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans racial discrimination in voting. Alabama came to the Supreme Court on Sept.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. ” It did not impose any new requirements.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Share Lawyers for Alabama voters urged the justices to stay out of a dispute over the state’s congressional map. In January 2022, two federal courts agreed that the 2021 map likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans racial discrimination in voting. Alabama came to the Supreme Court on Sept.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

“Supreme Court Rebuffs Alabama’s Effort to Bar Pastor From Execution Chamber; The case was the latest in a series of disputes over the presence of spiritual advisers in execution chambers that have bitterly divided the justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Friday to rehear a gerrymandering case out of Galveston County, Texas, en banc— meaning the full bench of judges from the Fifth Circuit will sit to rehear arguments. ” In 2021, the Galveston County Commissioners Court implemented a new districting plan.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The case was in the New Mexico County of Lea Fifth Judicial District Court. The complaint asked the court to rule that the map was unconstitutional and create a “partisan-neutral” map to use in upcoming elections. This case has already found its way to the New Mexico Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m.

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2024

The District Court held that race was a predominant factor in redistricting and that the legislature did not prove a compelling state interest for this use. ” This District Court ruling was the center of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alexander. .” Under Court precedent, namely Miller v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker) When will the Supreme Court rule on Biden’s student loan forgiveness?

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Above The Law

JULY 24, 2023

Supreme Court Rulings Matter Except For When They Don't: Alabama doesn't care what Roberts has to say. Is Gen Z Somehow To Blame For The Roberts Court?: The post Rules Are Rules — Unless Black People Start Voting — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Dentons will combine with Alabama law firm Dentons has announced that it will combine with Sirote & Permutt, an Alabama law firm with 86 lawyers…

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is hitting its stride in sorting through the relists. The court also agreed to take up a twice-relisted challenge to Colorados ban on conversion therapy.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday issued orders from its so-called “long conference” – the justices’ private conference in the last week of September, at which they met for the first time since the end of June to add new cases to their docket. The trial court rejected that argument, and the California Court of Appeals agreed.

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