We now have a very youthful federal judiciary in Alabama
"This host of federal jurists in Alabama will be one of Sen. Richard Shelby’s lasting legacies."
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Alabama chicken farmers get first settlements in federal lawsuit
Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods agreed to pay out $35 million in the wage-fixing lawsuit.
Ivey meets with legislative leaders on prison situation
June 1 had been the deadline to conclude contracts with private prison developers on building three new prisons.
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See recent postsAnother chapter in the ‘We Dare Defend Our Wrongs’ files
Alabama is so often on the wrong side of history that one has to wonder if that’s intentional. Are we doing it on purpose, like a bratty child who is bad just to get attention? The federal courts had to make Alabama do the right thing during the Jim Crow years and civil rights movement. … Continued
Strategic plan interview with ADOC Commissioner Dunn
Alabama’s Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn believes the department’s new strategic plan is an essential part of moving the beleaguered prison system out of its dark past and into the future. “A strategic plan in my judgment — given my Air force experience — is absolutely critical to pulling an institution together,” Dunn said … Continued
Alabama executes Christopher Lee Price
Thursday, the state of Alabama executed Christopher Lee Price by lethal injection for the 1991 murder of 57-year-old Pastor Bill Lynn with a sword. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement after being notified that the sentence had been carried out. “Ensuring the safety of the people who call Alabama home is of the highest … Continued
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See recent postsWomen, gay people, physicians face oppression in Alabama
Hardly a week has passed since Alabama became the laughingstock of the nation – yet again – for passing an anti-abortion bill so restrictive, that even TV minister Pat Robertson says it goes too far. And it does. The law, signed almost immediately into existence by Gov. Kay Ivey, prohibits abortions for any reason other … Continued
Jones slammed Alabama’s abortion ban. Will it help or hurt his Senate campaign?
Democratic Alabama Sen. Doug Jones is going out on a limb, harshly criticizing a new Alabama law that would ban abortions in nearly all circumstances with no exceptions for rape and incest. Jones told reporters Thursday that the law — passed in the Alabama Senate Tuesday and signed by Republican Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday — … Continued
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See recent postsLegislature to women: Go to hell
Alabama did it. Once again, the state that remains in perpetual-stupid-repeat has passed an unconstitutional abortion bill that’ll be brutally aborted by federal courts as soon as it gets there. No heartbeat needed on this baby; Once it’s signed by the meek, go-along-with-whatever Gov. Kay Ivey, this law is deader than another executed inmate in … Continued
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See recent postsFoster care and adoptions are not solutions to abortion
Yesterday, the Alabama House passed HB314, a bill that would criminalize abortion in Alabama. While the legislation will be tied up in federal courts for years if it is passed, what would happen if these legislators had their way and abortion was fully banned in Alabama? Not only would women and families suffer, but so … Continued