Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Feds say state judges must obey U.S. Supreme Court decision
Federal prosecutors in Alabama say the state's probate judges must obey the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage regardless of an administrative order...
Supreme Court blocks Alabama court order in lesbian adoption case
The United States Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lesbian mother who wants to see her adopted children, blocking, at least temporarily, an...
State lawyers call proposed legislative districts ‘bizarre’
The attorney general's office said alternate legislative maps suggested by black legislators show that Alabama lawmakers made proper choices in drawing new district lines.
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Lesbian mother appeals Alabama adoption decision
A lesbian parent in Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to review her case after Alabama judges refused to recognize her adoption...
Gary Palmer: Clean power plan means “enormous harm” to U.S. economy
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer on Thursday cosigned a letter to the governors and attorneys general of all 50 states stridently opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's new...
Committee votes to do away with Alabama marriage licenses
Alabama lawmakers are considering legislation to take the state out of the marriage business in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing...
Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all winner could be Trump
Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than...
Chief Justice Roy Moore faces ethics complaint over same-sex marriage
The Southern Poverty Law Center has accused Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore of violating judicial ethics with his public criticisms of the U.S. Supreme...
More Alabama counties issuing same-sex marriage licenses
Additional Alabama counties are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as some opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide...
Alabama, AG Luther Strange join 15-state push to re-enforce religious tax...
Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday hopped on board a 15-state appeal to the Republican Congressional leadership to "take steps to prevent the IRS from...
