In Alabama, "Back Door" Restrictions on Abortion and Roe
May 15, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist LaJuana Davis of the Cumberland School of Law evaluates the implications of legislative efforts in Alabama and other states to restrict access to abortions...Alabama's recent passage of the Women's Health and Safety Act joins a wave of state abortion reform laws requiring abor....... [more] 
Supreme Court denies Alabama immigration appeal, takes drug death case
April 30, 2013
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal over Albama's immigration law. In Alabama v. United States the court was asked to consider whether federal law preempts several provisions of Alabama's HB 56. The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down a number of the p....... [more]
Louisiana Senate voted to increase abortion sonogram requirements
April 24, 2013
On April 24, 2012, the Louisiana Senate passed legislation to increase abortion sonogram requirements. The bill was signed by Governor Bobby Jindal in June 2012. This was just one bill in the ongoing debate over abortion laws over the past four decades. More recently, on April 10, 2013, Alabama Gove....... [more]
Alabama governor signs bill strengthening restrictions on abortion clinics
April 10, 2013
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday signed the Women's Health and Safety Act, which imposes increases safety requirements on abortion clinics and practitioners within the state. The Act requires clinics that provide abortions to meet the same standards as ambulatory care centers, requires do....... [more]
Alabama lawmakers strengthen restrictions on abortion clinics
April 3, 2013
Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation Tuesday which imposes tough restrictions on abortion clinics and practitioners within the state. The Women's Health and Safety Act was passed in the Alabama Senate by a 22-10 vote after having been approved by the state's House of Representatives in February b....... [more]
Alabama House approves bill tightening regulation of abortion clinics
February 20, 2013
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-23 to approve the Women's Health and Safety Act Tuesday, tightening regulations for abortion clinics and mandating that an Alabama-licensed physician who has admitting privileges at a local hospital must be present at every abortion. The current law perm....... [more]
Federal judge sentenced Somali pirate to 34 years
February 16, 2013
On February 16, 2011, a federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Somali pirate Abduwali Muse to 34 years in prison for the 2009 hijacking of the vessel Maesrk Alabama. Muse was charged on counts that included conspiracy and committing piracy after the c....... [more]
Rights groups challenge Alabama immigrant 'black list'
February 7, 2013
A coalition of rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on Thursday to block a portion of Alabama's latest immigration law that requires law enforcement to publish a list of immigrants who may be undocumented. HB 658 was signed by Alabama Governor Robert Bent....... [more]
Federal judge rules juvenile life sentences unconstitutional
January 31, 2013
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Wednesday that sentencing juveniles to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional. Judge John Corbett O'Meara found that last year's Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama, which held that mandatory life senten....... [more]
Alabama appeals immigration law ruling to Supreme Court
January 17, 2013
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a recent decision striking down provisions of Alabama's controversial immigration law. Alabama is appealing a decision issued last August by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit which struck down s....... [more]
Federal judge orders Alabama to desegregate HIV-positive prisoners
December 21, 2012
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ruled Friday that Alabama's policy of segregating HIV-positive prisoners violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections ....... [more]
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