Alabama Constitutional Law Court Rules Legal 
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 7, 2022
Gore , the 2000 case that halted the recount in Florida in the presidential election, then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote a concurring opinion (joined by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) in which he explained that, in his view, the state court’s recount conflicted with the deadlines set by the state legislature for the election.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 26, 2023
The case had been on hold for nearly a year, waiting for the court to issue its ruling in Allen v. Milligan , an Alabama voting-rights case involving similar issues. The issue came to the court in a dispute arising from environmental contamination from a wood-treatment plant operated by Kerr-McGee in Avoca, Pennsylvania.
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JonathanTurley
AUGUST 27, 2021
While most Administrations tend to minimize such test cases to avoid creating bad precedent, the Biden Administration has litigated with an utter abandon — elevating political over legal considerations in litigation. In the prior decision, the Court ruled 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 9, 2021
Below is my column in the Hill on the extension of the eviction moratorium — a move that his White House Counsel and most legal experts told him was unconstitutional. It means that a Constitution designed to prevent tyranny and authoritarianism becomes largely irrelevant if you put on a white lab coat.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The Administration lost a number of unilateral moves by Biden on the basis of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), a law requiring the government to consider objections and countervailing facts before making final decisions. In its 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v. It should sound familiar.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 17, 2021
The bills are the latest examples of “gotcha legislation,” though the Florida bill could raise some interesting legal questions if Gov. Both proposals face serious legal challenges and likely could not survive as codified soundbites. Newsom’s gun ‘heartbeat’ law. Here is the column: California Gov.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 31, 2021
Eric Swalwell against former President Donald Trump as a serious miscalculation that could result in a legal vindication for Trump either on the trial or appellate levels. In my view, the lawsuit contravenes free speech as well as controlling case law from the Supreme Court. Mike Lee instead of Alabama Sen.
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