An open letter to Alabama’s U.S. senators
You can continue to align yourselves with executive power and party discipline. Or you can honor your oath.
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Attorneys discuss shifting legal landscape for Alabama’s immigrants
Trump’s immigration crackdown ripples through Alabama as workplace raids, detentions surge, and legal experts warn of dire consequences for civil liberties and the state economy.
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From residency issues to matters of due process, how about we stop with the partisan excuses and just follow the law?
Fired Prattville library director demands reinstatement, retractions
Charges include numerous Open Meeting Act violations, due process violations and defamation.
SPLC sues Montgomery County Board of Education for expulsion of two students after Lee High shooting
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a pair of lawsuits against the Montgomery County Board of Education, alleging that the district violated two students’ rights to due process before expelling them. The SPLC says two students were unjustly expelled after a shooting at Robert E. Lee High School in February 2019 where a 17-year-old … Continued
Rogers: Impeachment inquiry is “another dead-end witch hunt”
Wednesday, Congressman Mike Rogers, R-Saks, said, “We all know what the impeachment hoax is all about. It us about overturning the 2016 election.” “What a waste of time. Any and all work on behalf of the American people has come to a screeching halt as House Democrats continue their push their impeachment hoax,” Rogers said. … Continued
Brooks fights for an open impeachment process
Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and dozens of his GOP colleagues held a joint news conference attacking the what he called the “Socialist Democrats’ secret, closed-door, Capitol basement impeachment proceedings that shut out the public and congressmen from impeachment testimony, evidence and developments.” Immediately after the news conference ended, Congressman Brooks and his GOP colleagues … Continued
Aderholt, Byrne denounce lack of transparency in impeachment process
Tuesday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Saks) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives demanding that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) halt the impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump (R). “This evening I spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand that Speaker Pelosi stop this impeachment process of … Continued
Merrill removes Russell County registrar from office for cause
On Tuesday, July 16, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill removed a member of the Russell County Board of Registrars for cause. The case went before an objective administrative law judge, who, after hearing the case, made a formal recommendation to the secretary of state to remove the registrar. According to Alabama law, the secretary … Continued
Ethics lawyer draws heat in hearing for Trump’s former regional EPA director, associate
In early May, defense attorneys presented evidence they say that shows Ethics Commission lawyers engaged in selective and vindictive prosecution when they sought indictments against Scott Phillips and Onis “Trey” Glenn III. The defense also argued before Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Wallace that the commission had violated the men’s right to due process. … Continued