Alabama

Alabama Purges Voter Rolls, VRA Be Damned

Alabama SOS Wes Allen might not have consulted a lawyer about the latest voter purge. But he's definitely going to need one now.

Did The New Alabama IVF Protection Law Fix The State’s Embryo Problem?

When you rush to do damage control, sometimes you also rush into unintended consequences.

5 Things You Should Know About The Alabama Declaration That Embryos Are People

The Alabama ruling is painful, and portends uncertainty.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Believes Some WILD Stuff

He's saying the quite part out loud.

Alabama’s F You To The Supreme Court Isn’t Working Out The Way They Hoped

Again Alabama is on the wrong side of a court ruling.

Court Rejects Alabama Request To Pretty Please Let It Keep Using Racial Gerrymanders Forever

The Southern strategy.

Federal Panel Tosses Alabama’s Racist Congressional Maps. Again.

LOUDLY.

Notre Dame Law Professor Has Trouble With Difficult Concept Of Counting To 2

This isn't actually difficult.

Morning Docket: 10.13.22

* Biden's loud plea for governors to pardon weed offenses may fall on deaf ears. [Politico] * LA unveils a pilot UBI program for young adults. What's next, healthcare and stable housing?! I hope so. [LA Times] * Doesn't look like Kavanaugh cares too much about if you get paid. [Reuters] * The DOJ finds Alabama's foster care system isn't that sweet of a home. [Al Today]

Morning Docket: 10.04.22

* No more baseball rules for preteens in New Jersey — Progress! [New Jersey Monitor] * In Missouri and plan on voting? Here's a primer. [Missouri Independent] * Michigan's abortion laws may be subject to change. Take 3 to learn about Prop 3. [Axios] * Supreme Court slated to hear Alabama's voting rights case. Welp, democracy was nice while it lasted. [Reuters] * The Onion makes it way to the Supreme Court. No, seriously. [NYT]

Morning Docket: 07.11.22

* It takes two: Pregnant driver argues that they should be able to use the carpool lane under Dobbs. [NY Daily News] * Alabama judge accuses liberals of being racist after being caught doing a racism against Asian folks. [NBC News] * "Could you be a little less loud about expecting us to do something after you've lost a civil right? Thanks." - Joe Biden + Friends [The Daily Beast] * Duty of care? 911 dispatcher charged with involuntary manslaughter because they refused to send out an ambulance unless the person asking for help said the magic words. [Insider] * At this think tank, the uniform is your Sunday best. [ProPublica]

Self-Styled ‘Judge Hard-Ass’ Removed From Duty

There's a lot going on here.

Morning Docket: 04.12.22

* Judge faces threat of early retirement for not putting the interests of her party above judicial ethics. How dare she have a backbone? [Guardian] * Parents prepare to sue over Alabama law that prevents gender-affirming medical procedures in youth under 19. [The Hill] * Amazing list of things to look for when selecting a law school just dropped. Suggestion — avoid any place employing Amy Wax and her ilk. [US News] * What is the consequence for police lying during a disciplinary hearing? Survey says: meh. [NY Post] * Law and Technicalities in New York City: revision in law makes it rarer for criminal cases to get tossed out when prosecutors make an oopsie. [Gothamist]

Morning Docket: 01.25.22

* If corporations are people, what's next, rivers? Well actually... [NCRonline] * Alabama's attempt at redistricting was thrown out. Does the Voting Right Act still have some teeth left after all? [Reuters] * The use of affirmative action in college admissions is probably next up on the Supreme Court’s chopping block. [USA Today] * Woman is arrested in Texas after trying to buy someone's child at a Wal-Mart for $500k. There are some things you just can't roll back prices on, libertarians. [NBC News] * Police sent the wrong guy to jail because his name was too similar to someone else's. Guess a rose by any other name is bitter after all. [Independent] * The "Right to Repair" movement has some executive backing. Celebrate by doing it yourself! Or paying a third-party vendor. You do you. [Vice]

In 2022, Can We Stop Arresting Folks For Weed?

Instead of weed, they should have been moving something that’s not a threat. Like high-powered assault rifles.