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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

Democrats launch national coalition for congressional ethics, judicial reform

Congressional hopefuls met at the U.S. Capitol, pledging to pursue term limits, ban congressional stock trading and establish a SCOTUS ethics code.

March 20, 2026

US Supreme Court hears Alabama’s appeal of death penalty stay

Justices debated whether states must consider an individual's highest IQ score as the sole metric for determining intellectual disability and death penalty eligibility.

December 11, 2025

AG Steve Marshall appoints Barrett Bowdre as Alabama solicitor general

As solicitor general, Bowdre will be Alabama’s chief appellate lawyer, supervising the state’s litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court and Alabama Supreme Court.

November 6, 2025

Alabama AG pushes for end to ban on death penalty for child rape

Marshall wants to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that disallowed the death penalty for child sexual abuse convictions.

October 3, 2025

Alabama law professor, legal panel talk SCOTUS term’s lasting impacts

Legal experts, including an Alabama law professor, gathered to discuss the lasting impacts of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on major cases.

July 10, 2025

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U.S. Supreme Court rules parents can opt students out of LGBTQ+ lessons

APLS chair John Wahl praised the decision as checking a "socialist agenda ... that wants to reshape American values."

June 30, 2025

Louisiana redistricting case may upturn interpretation of Voting Rights Act

Alabama AG Steve Marshall led an amicus brief arguing vote dilution claims are insufficient to justify so-called “racial gerrymandering.”

March 17, 2025

Aderholt leads amicus brief against “forced ideological instruction”

The brief challenges school policies on instruction, citing parental rights and government overreach concerns.

March 12, 2025