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19 Apr 2024, 1:59 am
Justice Department lawsuit that alleges the state not only fails to prevent violence and sexual abuse behind bars but does not protect inmates from excessive force by prison staff or provide safe conditions.Alabama’s men’s prisons are also the country’s deadliest, with a homicide rate in 2019 more than seven times higher than the national average, according to a report by the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative.And the state’s mass incarceration nightmare does not appear to… [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 8:55 pm
Part of an extensive research project focused on the history of this protracted litigation, this article is narrowly focused on the two years leading up to, and the first few months following, the June 1, 1956, injunction preventing the NAACP from doing business in the state that Alabama’s Attorney General John Patterson secured from Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Walter B. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:30 pm
Instead, the litigation was designed and intended to put the NAACP out of business (which, in Alabama, it did for eight years).Part of an extensive research project focused on the history of this protracted litigation, this article is narrowly focused on the two years leading up to, and the first few months following, the June 1, 1956, injunction preventing the NAACP from doing business in the state that Alabama’s Attorney General John Patterson secured from… [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama House Approves Legislation Overhauling State Ethics Code Alabama Reflector – Alander Rocha | Published: 4/3/2024 The Alabama House approved a bill that would repeal the current ethics laws for public officials and employees, replace the code with tougher punishments for violations, and weaken the powers of the state Ethics Commission. [read post]
3 Apr 2024, 6:51 am
., that he was shocked when his former outside counsel, John Conlan, teamed up with Birchfield, of Montgomery, Alabama’s Beasley Allen, to propose settling the talc litigation for $19 billion. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 6:31 am
” “Judges in both state and federal courts in New Jersey found that more evidence was needed to determine whether Birchfield and Beasley Allen, based in Montgomery, Alabama, should be disqualified based on an alleged conflict of interest. [read post]
8 Feb 2024, 7:53 am
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), holding that a mandatory sentence of LWOPP was unconstitutional for a juvenile; and Montgomery v. [read post]
6 Dec 2023, 1:19 pm
Montgomery County is home to the state’s only green lab, where volunteers ingest cannabis in a controlled environment at the county police department’s training academy. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 8:34 am
” I-65 and I-85 in Montgomery, Alabama, rerouted through Centennial Hill, Bel Air, and the Bottoms as retaliation for civil rights activity (Revs. [read post]
7 Feb 2023, 3:30 am
One study shows that per capita sales in border counties in sales tax-free New Hampshire have tripled since the late 1950s, while per capita sales in border counties in Vermont have remained stagnant. [read post]
16 Jan 2023, 11:30 am
On September 20, 1958, a 29-year-old Martin Luther King was in Blumstein's department store in Harlem, New York, autographing copies of his book Stride Toward Freedom, about the Montgomery Alabama Bus Boycott. [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 12:30 pm
Man convicted of rape in 1986 moves to Montgomery, Ala. with his common-law wife in order to care for his aging mother. [read post]
2 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama Ethics Commission Won’t Reconsider Decision on Exculpatory Information MSN – Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) | Published: 8/25/2022 The Alabama Ethics Commission will not reconsider a decision that it does not have to disclose potentially exculpatory information to targets of investigations. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 8:22 am
These efforts culminated in 1965, as voting rights activists seeking to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were severely beaten and bloodied. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Secretary of State: Federal groups supporting Alabama candidates must register with state Yahoo – Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) | Published: 7/19/2022 The Alabama secretary of state’s office said federal organizations contributing to state campaigns will have to file campaign finance reports with the state. [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance Alabama: “Secretary of State: Federal groups supporting Alabama candidates must register with state” by Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) for Yahoo Arizona: “The FEC Has Questions About How a PAC Backing Blake Masters Is Disclosing Its Spending” by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy for Arizona Mirror Hawaii: “Hawaii Lawmakers Took $500k In Campaign Cash This Session Despite Pleas to Ban Campaign Cash During Session” by Blaze Lovell… [read post]
15 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama Ethics Commission Says It Doesn’t Have to Share Exculpatory Information with Accused Yahoo News – Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) | Published: 7/13/2022 The Alabama Ethics Commission said it did not have to disclose evidence that could potentially clear a person accused of violating state ethics laws during an investigation. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance Georgia: “State Ethics Agency Drops Charges in Abrams Fundraising Probe as Campaign Steams Ahead” by Stanley Dunlop for Georgia Recorder Minnesota: “Campaign Finance Board Finds Probable Cause in Action 4 Liberty Case” by Baylor Spears for Minnesota Reformer Washington: “Seattle Foundation Cops to Eight Campaign Finance Violations, Pays a Fine” by Brett Davis (Center Square) for Big Country News Elections National: “Election Officials Fear… [read post]
12 Jul 2022, 9:12 am
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, our laws did not provide any recourse against the discrimination she faced. [read post]
21 Jun 2022, 4:48 am
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), that the Eighth Amendment bars the automatic, mandatory imposition of a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for a juvenile defendant. [read post]
