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When Americans stop trusting the rules themselves

The Supreme Court's recent redistricting rulings reveal growing fears that democratic legitimacy is weakening beneath America’s escalating partisan political warfare.

May 18, 2026

Supreme Court ruling throws Alabama politics into turmoil

A renewed redistricting fight deepened uncertainty over election maps, voting rights and Republican divisions, underscoring Alabama’s outsized role in national political battles.

May 18, 2026

Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access while legal fight continues

The Supreme Court temporarily preserved nationwide access to mifepristone while Alabama joined states challenging expanded abortion pill regulations.

May 15, 2026

Filing tests Alabama’s word—and the court’s authority

Federal courts do not operate on orders alone. They rely, in part, on the credibility of the parties before them.

May 5, 2026

The Supreme Court’s redistricting rulings are beginning to collide

Alabama’s latest filings expose growing tension between Voting Rights Act protections and limits on race-conscious redistricting principles.

May 4, 2026

How will the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision affect Alabama?

Dissenting, Justice Elena Kagan said the decision will “set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”

April 30, 2026

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump admin’s attack on birthright citizenship

“Ask any American what our citizenship rule is and they’ll tell you, everyone born here is a citizen alike,” the ACLU attorney argued.

April 2, 2026

Alabama Sens. Britt and Tuberville decry Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs

“The Constitution is clear. The power to regulate trade lies with Congress,” Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell said on Friday.

February 23, 2026

When presidents begin to resemble kings

From Washington’s restraint to executive immunity, constitutional limits are fading and king-like authority is quietly reentering American political life.

January 19, 2026

Alabama carries out fifth execution of the year

Alabama executed Anthony Boyd by nitrogen gas despite his innocence claims, protests and a Supreme Court dissent calling the method unconstitutional.

October 24, 2025