Tag: SCOTUS

On Tuesday, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a ruling by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals from taking effect while he appeals that decision. If the lower court's decision is not put on hold but he ultimately prevails, Moore told the justices, he may not be able to recover the $8.2 million that the jury awarded him.

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday celebrated Alabama’s major victory in the state’s congressional redistricting battle. 

Alabama should attempt to claw back some of the legal fees paid out to a court-ordered special master and left-wing plaintiffs after the state’s major victory in the state’s congressional redistricting battle on Tuesday, according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

A U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling on Tuesday restoring Alabama’s 6-1 Republican congressional map for the 2026 elections is a “significant triumph for Alabama,” according to Secretary of State Wes Allen.

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled in favor of Alabama’s efforts on Tuesday by a 6-3 majority to use a 6-1 Republican congressional map for the 2026 election.

The U.S. Supreme Court should stay a recent federal court ruling requiring Alabama to use a court-drawn, racially gerrymandered map, according to Attorney General Steve Marshall on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Thursday declined to overturn a federal appeals court ruling in favor of Joseph Smith who has been on Alabama’s death row for more than 20 years. In a 5-4 ruling, the court dismissed Alabama’s petition for review.

Hampton Harris, a Republican candidate for Alabama's Congressional District 2 (CD-2), recently reaffirmed his pursuit of the seat in light of the last-minute voting map shakeup.

Wednesday, on Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down a racially based federal court-ordered Alabama congressional map from 2023.

A recent Alabama redistricting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) “allows Republicans to once again have a fair chance to compete,” according to State Sen. Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

The May 19 primary election will proceed as scheduled after Alabama got a favorable redistricting ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Monday, according to Secretary of State Wes Allen. 

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) called U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" and the "one who sold us out in Africa" after a recent redistricting ruling on Monday.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today filed emergency motions on Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift injunctions blocking Alabama from using its 2023 congressional map, arguing that the injunctions cannot survive the court’s ruling on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais. 

If we are to reclaim our culture, we must do more than win court cases. We must reassert the truth in every arena – education, medicine, media, technology, economics, and a myriad of other societal elements. We must teach our children that they are not accidents or abstractions, but embodied souls made male or female by divine design.

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) should "declare race-based redistricting unconstitutional now," according to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Alabama Republican Party chairman John Wahl announced on Wednesday that the party has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the state of Alabama in the ongoing redistricting case Allen v. Milligan.

If a majority of the Supreme Court of the United States sides with Louisiana in a redistricting case on rehearing before the court, Alabama’s next congressional map could get a lot redder in the near future. 

Parents who send their children to public schools should press on, confident that they and their children do not shed their free exercise rights at the schoolhouse gate.

Last week was filled with the meaty decisions the Supreme Court wrestled with this term, and I was there for it, spending recent mornings keeping a close eye on the Supreme Court’s website and SCOTUS blog.

The preservation of a well-ordered society comes from having a judicial system built and maintained on the premise that law is meaningful, necessary, even indispensable. 

Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl was swift to praise the Friday SCOTUS decision in which it sided with a set of Maryland parents who challenged a local school district for not allowing them to opt their elementary-aged child out from a class on gender identity and other LGBTQ+ issues.

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), chairman of the House Values Action Team, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday in Mahmoud v. Taylor that confirmed that parents have the right to make decisions about the education of their children concerning family life and human sexuality.

Members of Alabama's Republican federal delegation and others in Alabama politics praised the decision, calling it a "win."

A Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries and medications for minors is constitutional, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed an amicus brief on Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirming his commitment to defending religious liberty and school choice. 

Do schools have the power to force students to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parent's wishes and religious beliefs?

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday a group of unemployed workers could sue the State of Alabama for allegedly delaying unemployment payments during the COVID-19 pandemic.