Alabama Court Rules Legal Litigation 
JURIST
MARCH 7, 2024
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The legislative effort to protect IVF providers from litigation followed criticism resulting from the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
A US District Court Northern District of Alabama three judge panel Tuesday tossed out the Alabama legislature’s proposed congressional map, holding that the current map is still racially gerrymandered and likely violates Section Two of the Voting Rights Act. The case, Allen v.
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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Alabama to implement a redistricting plan that is being challenged as illegal racial gerrymandering. A lower court ruled last month that the state’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act, and it ordered the state to draw a new map.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” She blamed the kid as “old enough to … follow the rules.”
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 15, 2023
When the GSA declined to turn over some of the requested documents, the members went to federal court. He agreed with the government that the members lacked standing – that is, a legal right to bring the case. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed. District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the case.
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.
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.
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