Alabama Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in Congressional Redistricting Fight
Alabama is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight over congressional district lines.
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Biden: First Black Woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice “Long Overdue”
President Joe Biden has affirmed his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it was “long overdue.”
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine-or-Test Mandate for Businesses
The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
Proposed Alabama Abortion Bill Would Be Similar to Texas Law
A group of Alabama lawmakers has proposed legislation similar to a Texas law that would ban most abortions and allow anyone to file civil lawsuits against violators and collect damages.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Signal They May Approve Abortion Limits
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling it will uphold Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.
Alabama Sets New Execution Date for Inmate for 1991 Murder
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has rescheduled the execution of a state inmate who had a lethal injection called off in February when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with his request to have his personal pastor with him in the death chamber. The Alabama Supreme Court set an Oct. 21 execution date for 51-year-old Willie B. Smith III, who was…
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Evictions to Resume During Pandemic
Landlords and real estate agents from Alabama and Georgia had asked the high court last week to halt the latest version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) moratorium on certain residential evictions.
U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to End Eviction Moratorium
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a bid by Alabama and Georgia realtors to block the eviction moratorium reinstated earlier this month.
Anger Mounts As Biden, Congress Allow Eviction Ban to Expire
Furious Democratic lawmakers in Congress say they were blindsided by President Joe Biden’s inaction as the deadline neared.
Supreme Court Rules Against Inmate in Death Penalty Case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Alabama inmate whose lawyers argued that his trial counsel should have done more to try to show he is intellectually disabled and therefore he should be spared a death sentence. In an unsigned 6-3 opinion, the conservative majority on Friday reversed an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
