Eleventh Circuit

Lilly Ledbetter fought against pay discrimination, leading to the Fair Pay Act.

Judge Roy Moore sent a letter to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) Thursday saying that he does not apologize for raining on their “parade of false legal advice.” On Friday September 21 Moore (R), in his role as President Emeritus of the Montgomery based Foundation for Moral Law (FML), held a press conference where … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus brief in the case of Amanda Kondrat’yev et. al v. City of Pensacola, which is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In that case, a group of Atheists and Humanists sued the city of Pensacola … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Today, the State of Alabama was notified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. They found that 12 State Senate and House Districts will need to be redrawn before the 2018 General Elections while House seats will not. A three-judge panel ruled in favor of Alabama Black … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, February 11, President Barack H. Obama (D) nominated US District Judge Abdul Kallon to fill a vacancy on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. US Representative Terri Sewell (D-Selma) announced her support for the nomination. Rep. Sewell said in a statement, “I enthusiastically express my support of … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson who presided over Alabama’s two gambling corruption trials issued an opinion saying that even though the trials ended with total acquittals for the eight defendants, he wanted to “highlight a murky field of federal law.” He wrote that there is “considerable confusion” about how … Continued

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Congressman Spencer Bachus(R) from Vestavia  issued a press release announcing that he and over a hundred other members of Congress had signed on in support of a brief to the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to declare the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly referred … Continued