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SPLC responds to Trump’s census press conference and executive action

On Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision earlier that day to end his administration’s fight to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.  Trump did so at a press conference Thursday afternoon at the White House rose garden, putting an end to a 19-month battle that followed several legal … Continued
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July 15, 2019
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What has your government done for you?

I’m going to ask you a question, and before you land on the answer that your chosen political affiliation has conditioned you to provide, I want you to think about it. Really think about it. For just a second or two. When is the last time the Alabama Legislature did anything for you, the common … Continued
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June 12, 2019
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Kay Ivey’s official calendar is surprisingly empty

In late-August and early-September, there was one question dominating Alabama’s governor’s race. Where is Kay Ivey? The governor at that point had scarcely been seen in a few days. In one 10-day stretch, she held no public events and somehow managed to avoid even local ribbon cuttings and bridge openings. And her opponent’s campaign was … Continued
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October 18, 2018
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Police are not above public scrutiny

Why are police above public scrutiny? That seems to be a relatively new thing in this country, and it is a particular problem in Alabama — this notion that the general public has no right to even question a police officer’s actions. We’re hiding body cam footage. There are very few regular citizens on cities’ … Continued
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August 16, 2018
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Why does the Ivey Administration continue to mislead the public and press?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In mid-May, the Alabama Political Reporter published an account of how then-Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey’s chief of staff tried to cover up her stay in a 2015 Colorado hospital after suffering stroke-like symptoms. Since the report, the Ivey Administration has given several different accounts of the events that occurred … Continued
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June 5, 2017

Two Senate bills introduced to rein in JIC, COJ

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The prosecution and permanent suspension of Chief Justice Roy Moore has caused several lawmakers to question the legitimacy, even the need for the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) and the Court of the Judiciary (COJ). The COJ ruling in Judge Moore’s case is under appeal before a specially appointed Supreme … Continued
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November 28, 2016
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Follow-Up questions to Gov. Bentley

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler A reporter for WSFA-TV news asked Gov. Bentley a simple, straight-forward question. Bentley’s reply was a Vesuvian eruption. Newsman Michael Doudna asked if Bentley were going to re-hire Rebekah Mason, former senior policy adviser and alleged girlfriend of Bentley. That simple question set off Bentley with his tirade about why … Continued
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November 24, 2016
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Court Justices or Court Jesters?: The Mishandling of the Moore Case

By Hannah Ford You know it’s bad when one of Chief Justice Roy Moore’s harshest critics (apologetically) writes in his defense. You know it’s bad when Justices refuse to unseal a critical case. You know it’s bad when the unethical behavior of acting Chief Justice Lyn Stuart and her accomplices have Alabamians worried that they … Continued
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October 28, 2016