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Birmingham opposes stay of judge’s Confederate monuments ruling

The city of Birmingham is opposing Attorney General Steve Marshall’s request for a Jefferson County Circuit Court to temporarily delay a judge’s decision striking down a 2017 law that protests Confederate monuments in Alabama. In a court filing earlier this month, city attorneys asked the court to maintain its ruling that overturned the law. If … Continued
February 15, 2019

Federal court rules Alabama treatment of prisoners in isolation unconstitutional

A federal court ruled Monday that Alabama’s prison system fails to adequately evaluate the mental health of inmates during isolation in segregation cells. The treatment of the inmates is unconstitutional and violates the Eighth Amendment, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson wrote in a ruling that found the Alabama Department of Corrections to be “deliberately indifferent” … Continued
February 12, 2019

Some charges dropped against Trey Glenn, Scott Phillips

Several ethics charges against former Alabama Environmental Management Commissioner Scott Phillips and former U.S. EPA Administrator Trey Glenn have been dropped in a new superseding indictment filed Monday. With the new superseding indictment, which was signed by a grand jury Friday, Phillips and Glenn are both facing fewer ethics charges in total than they faced in the … Continued
February 12, 2019

Claims of selective prosecution, a new attorney roil case against former Trump EPA administrator

A series of defense motions filed in Jefferson County court early this morning ask that charges against Scott Phillips and Onis “Trey” Glenn III be dismissed. Glenn, until his indictment in November, served as President Donald Trump’s Southeast EPA administrator. Phillips is a former Alabama Environmental Management commissioner. Both men, according to a statement from … Continued
February 11, 2019

Federal appeals court blocks execution over state’s barring of imam

A federal appeals court panel has blocked tonight’s scheduled execution of Dominique Ray over the state’s refusal to allow his imam in the execution room with him. The three-judge Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a stay of execution over concerns that Alabama may have violated the establishment clause of the Constitution. On January … Continued
February 7, 2019

Father files wrongful death lawsuit in connection with abortion

Personhood Alabama filed suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County against the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville for wrongful death of “Baby Roe.” The lawsuit was brought by the father of Baby Roe and charges as responsible parties; the Alabama Women’s Center, the abortionist, and the pharmaceutical company; for profiting from the wrongful death … Continued
February 7, 2019

Marshall: Hoover officer justified in Galleria shooting

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Tuesday that the officer involved in the shooting death of Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. was justified. The attorney general released a report on the officer-involved shooting death by the Hoover Police Department. Marshall’s office said it informed the Hoover Police Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation that the … Continued
February 5, 2019

Internet personality sues Southern Poverty Law Center

Monday, internet television personality, humorist and public speaker Gavin McInnes has filed suit against the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center claiming damages for them labeling his work as hate speech. McInnes is an immigrant. He claims that he is an avowed and vocal opponent of discrimination based on race, religion or sexual preference and of … Continued
February 4, 2019