States Can't 'Immunize' Themselves from Civil Rights Suits, Supreme Court Says
"As the Court has explained, States possess 'no authority to override' Congress’s 'decision to subject state' officials 'to liability for violations of federal rights,'" Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.
Miss America, Supreme Court, Pickleball: Down in Alabama
Over on the podcast we have a chat with Miss America Abbie Stockard. The rest of the report follows below. Thanks for reading, Ike Unemployment case at SCOTUS The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Alabama can’t deny citizens the ability to sue the state’s Department of Labor over delays and mistakes in processing unemployment claims beginning with the pandemic year of 2020,
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
The U.S. Supreme Court says people left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama must be able to sue the state over the delay WASHINGTON -- People ...
Supreme Court lets Alabama residents sue over extreme delays in unemployment benefits
An independent shrimper in Alabama spent months fighting for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court ruled he and others have the right to sue.
‘Catch-22’: Supreme Court sides with Alabamians suing over unemployment fiasco
Cisha Smith has waited for nearly five years to get the full amount of unemployment money she applied for after taking mandatory quarantine from her job as a retirement home office worker during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alabama can execute inmate Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers despite innocence claim, court rules
The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to execute Robin “Rocky” Myers, despite a juror on his case ...
Unemployment benefits: Supreme Court says these workers can sue over delays
An independent shrimper in Alabama spent months fighting for benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Supreme Court ruled he and others have the right to sue.
Alabama seeks to join states that allow the death penalty for child rape
(AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would allow child rapists to be sentenced to death as some ...
Trump signs IVF order a year after Alabama Supreme Court ruling: ‘Another promise kept,’ Katie Britt says
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order creating a task force that will look at ways to make in-vitro ...
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State Supreme Court denies rehearing
The Supreme Court of Alabama has issued a certificate of judgment affirming a Colbert County circuit judge's ruling against Germantown, Tennessee, developer John Elkington, but the defendant's attorne ...
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Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial
Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court ...
Alabama lawmakers approve House version of Parker’s Law, exempting nursing mothers from jury duty
HB209 was brought forth by Rep. Susan DuBose to codify what was established by a recent administrative order passed down from ...