A federal appeals court has ordered a lower-court judge to consider additional issues in a First Amendment suit filed by an Alabama justice who was facing a state ethics probe…
Armstead Lester Hayes III, an Alabama judge suspended for improperly jailing traffic court defendants who were indigent, has been earning $6,500 a month to work in the city of Montgomery’s…
The Alabama Supreme Court is allowing a woman to sue a doctor for the wrongful death of her embryo after suffering a miscarriage in her first trimester.
Six protesters were arrested Tuesday evening during a sit-in staged by the NAACP to protest Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Jeff Sessions as attorney general.
A district attorney in Alabama has used diversion programs to consolidate his power and raise $1 million for his office over a five-year span, a newspaper investigation has found.
A prosecutor who used peremptory challenges to strike 10 of 11 blacks as potential jurors did not violate the constitutional rights of a capital murder defendant, the Alabama Supreme Court…
The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld the state’s capital sentencing scheme in which judges can impose the death penalty even if jurors recommend a prison sentence.
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has once again been blocked from his post for ethics violations stemming from his refusal to comply with court rulings on social issues.
State laws that require voters to show proof of citizenship for federal elections were blocked Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
A lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges Alabama’s at-large method of electing appellate judges violates the Voting Rights Act because it deprives black voters of the opportunity to elect judges of…
A federal judge in Alabama has dismissed a lawsuit (PDF) by suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore that sought reinstatement to his judicial office.
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