Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen for $95 Million
Former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore sued Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime for $95 million on Wednesday, claiming he was duped into appearing on Cohen’s “Who Is America?”
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Eleventh Circuit Begrudgingly Allows Alabama Abortions
The 11th Circuit on Wednesday affirmed that Alabama cannot enforce its law that prohibits and criminalize second-trimester abortions unless the fetus is dead before it is extracted.
Read moreRoy Moore Attorney Sues ‘Reputation’ Manager
Attorney Trenton Garmon, known for representing former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore during his controversial U.S. Senate race last year, sued a digital “reputation” manager, saying it failed to bury unflattering media about him.
Read moreAlabama Environmentalist Press 11th Circuit for EPA Oversight for State Permitting
Attorneys representing seven Alabama environmental groups asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to revoke the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s authority to issue water discharge permits on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read more11th Circuit Hears NAACP Challenge to Alabama Voter ID Law
Attorneys representing a state NAACP chapter asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to throw out a district court ruling which dismissed their challenge to Alabama’s voter ID law without a trial.
Read moreRoy Moore Sues PAC Over Negative Campaign Ads
Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore claims in a state lawsuit Wednesday that he was defamed last year by a political action committee’s multi-million-dollar advertising campaign against him during a highly publicized special election in Alabama.
Read moreIncumbent Swamps Challenger in Alabama Republican Primary
Incumbent Congresswoman Martha Roby tromped former Congressman Bobby Bright on Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff in Alabama’s Second Congressional District.
Read moreAlabama Runoff Tests Unwritten Rules for Republicans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) — Republican voters in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District today will determine which is the greater political sin:
Read moreThree Southern States Sued Over Racial Gerrymandering
Citing the states’ long histories of suppressing the right to vote among their black voters, an organization headed by former Attorney General Eric Holder sued three states in the Deep South, accusing them of using gerrymandering to dilute the strength of their black voters.
Read moreFeds Urged to Set Habitat for Spring Pygmy Sunfish
Five years after U.S. officials marked the spring pygmy sunfish as threatened, the absence of a critical habitat has left the tiny fish clinging to survival, environmentalists claim in a federal complaint.
Read moreBirmingham Attorney Confirmed for Federal Bench in Alabama
The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed an Alabama attorney to a seat on the federal court in Birmingham.
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Four-term Alabama Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby was forced into a July runoff election after she failed to win 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s primary. Governor Kay Ivey, who took office last year after her predecessor resigned, defeated three GOP challengers.
Read moreProducers of ‘Mockingbird’ Play Settle With Lee Estate
Foreclosing the chance that Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” would see a courtroom preview, producers and the estate of Harper Lee announced Thursday that they settled their artistic differences.
Read moreTrump Nominates Nine New Judges, Including One for 9th Circ
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the nominations of 10 new judges, including one to the Ninth Circuit and seven to courts across New York.
Read moreAlabama’s Disgraced Governor Bentley Accused of Defamation
Alabama’s disgraced former governor Robert Bentley conspired with other state employees to defame a former finance official who was tasked with finding and delivering Bentley’s emails in response to a subpoena, the former official said in a lawsuit Tuesday.
Read moreFight Over ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Play Moved to New York
Granting a Broadway production company’s request to move a lawsuit over its stage adaption of “To Kill a Mockingbird” from Alabama to New York, a federal judge said Monday that a live courtroom performance could be needed to decide the case.
Read moreRoy Moore Blames Accusers for Loss in Alabama Senate Race
Saying his opportunity to seek political office was hindered, failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore filed a defamation lawsuit against three women who publicly accused him of sexual misconduct in the weeks leading up to the special election in Alabama.
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