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Judge Myron Thompson rules two Alabama abortion laws unconstitutional

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson has ruled that two Alabama abortion laws are unconstitutional. The ruling blocks the state from enforcing these laws. The first law prohibits the licensing or renewal of a license of an abortion clinic within 2,000 feet of any K-8 public school. The second … Continued
October 31, 2017

Former State Rep. Oliver Robinson pleads guilty in court, agrees to cooperate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, former state Rep. Oliver Robinson, D-Birmingham, was in federal court where he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from a partner with Balch & Bingham law firm and an executive with the Drummond Company. In exchange for payments to a foundation that Robinson ran, Robinson agreed to help fight … Continued
September 8, 2017

Court rules in favor of Judge Tom Parker

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Parker (R) won a major Federal court victory in his case challenging the Alabama judicial canons of conduct, which prevent a judge from exercising his free speech rights. In a ruling issued by Judge W. Keith Watkins of the Middle District of … Continued
September 5, 2017

Justice Tom Parker’s free speech suit continues

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, September 1, 2017 an Alabama Federal District Court rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice, Tom Parker (R). Justice Parker is alleging that a complaint brought against him by the Montgomery based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to the Judicial Inquiry … Continued
September 5, 2017

Federal Judge Blocks Two Alabama Pro-Life Laws

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 27, 2016, Federal Judge Myron Thompson issued a preliminary injunction blocking two Pro-Life bills that were passed in the 2016 Regular Session regulating abortions in Alabama. The first law would prohibit abortion from operating within 2,000ft of a K-8 school. That law would have closed two … Continued
October 31, 2016

Alabama’s Last Execution Was An Atrocity

By Stephen Cooper Alabama Political Reporter The last time Alabama played God, executing death row inmate Christopher Brooks by lethal injection on January 21, 2016, The Montgomery Advertiser and al.com published a column of mine in which I wrote: “Initial reports out of Alabama are that the execution went as ‘smoothly’ as killing a reasonably … Continued
October 28, 2016

Is Justice Parker Next?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, September 30, 2016, the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) won a major victory when the Court of the Judiciary suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore through the remainder of his term. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) may have already picked out its next conservative jurist to purge: Associate … Continued
October 4, 2016

Strange Says Injunction of Obama’s Bathroom Policy is a Victory 

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, July 22, a Federal Judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction requested by Alabama and twelve other states staying the Obama Administration controversial transgender school bathroom access order. AG Luther Strange (R) said on social media, that this, “Decision is a victory for parents and families all across … Continued
August 23, 2016

Federal Judge Dismisses Chief Justice Moore’s Suit

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, August 4, 2016, US District Judge Harold Albritton issued a ruling stating the federal court will abstain from deciding the constitutionality of the automatic removal provision in the Alabama Constitution. The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore (R) sued the State’s Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) … Continued
August 5, 2016

Federal Judge Will Rule on Chief Justice Moore’s Motion Without a Hearing

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 3, 2016 U.S. District Judge Harold Albritton informed the lawyers that he had what he needed to decide the Judicial Inquiry Commission’s (JIC) motion to dismiss Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s (R) federal complaint. After Alabama’s JIC charged and suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore, the conservative Chief … Continued
August 4, 2016