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Rep. Jim Hill to Chair House Judiciary Committee

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, June 9, 2017, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) on announced that State Representative Jim Hill (R-Odenville) will serve as chairman of the body’s Judiciary Committee for the remainder of the 2014 to 2018 quadrennium. Speaker McCutcheon said, “Jim Hill had a two-decade career as a respected … Continued
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June 9, 2017
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The shadowy autocracy of the JIC, the State Supreme Court and the legal elites

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Two State Senators are offering constitutional amendments that would rein in the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) and the Court of the Judiciary (COJ). The JIC was created to investigate, receive, initiate complaints leveled against sitting judges, and the COJ was formed to hear cases that the JIC felt needed … Continued
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November 29, 2016

Chief Justice Moore expected to Appeal Suspension

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, October 1, 2016, Dr. Tom Ford, spokesperson for Sanctity of Marriage Alabama called the Court of the Judiciary (COJ) a “kangaroo court” in response to the Court of the Judiciary’s (COJ) decision to suspend the elected Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore for the rest … Continued
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October 4, 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
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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
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August 4, 2016

ALGOP Executive Committee Calls For Charges Against Moore Be Dropped

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, May 21, the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee held a special called meeting in Trussville to elect alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. They also passed a resolution calling on the unelected Alabama Court of the Judiciary to drop the charges level against Chief Justice … Continued
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May 23, 2016

Judgeships Ignite Controversy

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter The State of Alabama has a General Fund that is and has been challenging for several years now. Legislators are reluctant to pass new revenues and be accused of raising people’s taxes or of sponsoring a bill to expand gambling in the State of Alabama. Similarly they have not (to … Continued
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April 9, 2015

House Passes Freedom of Religion in Marriage Protection Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, March 12, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the “Freedom of Religion in Marriage Protection Act.” The Alabama House Republican Caucus said in a statement that the bill, H.B. 56, is designed to protect judges and ministers from being compelled to officiate marriage ceremonies that violate their religious beliefs. … Continued
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March 13, 2015

Gay Marriage Comes to Alabama

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 9, the Probate Judges of Alabama were forced by events to make the decision on whether or not to write marriage licenses for same sex couples. Citing a recent decision by US District Court Judge Callie Granade in Mobile, some Probate Judges offices issued marriage licenses … Continued
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February 10, 2015

Moore Tells Probate Judges Not To Marry Same-Sex Couples

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, February 8, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (R) ordered the Probate Judges of Alabama not to marry same sex couples. Chief Justice Moore wrote that the Probate Judges are not bound by Federal Judge Callie Granade’s order that Alabama’s State constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and … Continued
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February 9, 2015