Tag: Alabama Policy Institute
Richardson, Snider: Alabama must vote yes on Proposed Statewide Amendment Two
According to Pew Research, the only state that is more pro-life than Alabama is Mississippi.
Our status as one of the leading states in the pro-life...
Parker Snider: Understanding Constitutional Amendment One – The Ten Commandments and...
For years, discussion over the public display of the Ten Commandments has animated Alabama’s political landscape.
The issue is so energizing, it seems, that many...
Parker Snider: Prepare to vote on constitutional amendments, Alabama
The drought, as they say, is over. Football season is back in Alabama.
To no one’s surprise, the Alabama Crimson Tide was ranked #1 in...
Parker Snider: Limited government demands more, not less, of Alabama
In Alabama, politicians and residents alike proclaim the benefits of limited government.
Appropriately, our state’s motto is Audemus jura nostra defendere, which, when translated into the...
Parker Snider: Charter schools are keeping promises
On the campaign trail in 2012, Mitt Romney remarked that "charter schools are so successful that almost every politician can find something good to...
Five things you need to know about Tom Parker
Now that the runoff elections are over, voters are turning their attention to the November General Election only 90 days away.
Associate Justice Tom Parker beat out...
Congress passes legislation to lessen burdensome occupational licensing
In late July, Congress passed the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act aimed at helping states begin long overdue occupational licensing...
Parker Snider: Learning from President Trump: Words Matter
“I don’t see any reason why it would be”.
Those words, voiced by President Donald Trump when asked whether he believed it was true that...
Parker Snider: Seeing the power of compassion, hope, and work first-hand
Three years ago, I had the privilege of visiting South America for the first time. During my stay, I—along with the rest of my...
Parker Snider: Three years after Obergefell
In June of 2015, same-sex marriage became legal in all fifty states.
The Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case in favor of Jim Obergefell,...