President Obama Supreme Court Pick Elena Kagan!
Find out who she is and tell us if you are disappointed that President Obama did not pick an African American. Click more… Introducing his Supreme Court nominee to the nation, President Barack Obama...
View ArticleU.S. High Court Denies Appeal From Miss. Inmate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mississippi inmate William Joseph Holly. Holly was one of five Mississippi death row inmates saved from lethal...
View ArticleFaith Leaders To Hold Vigil On Alabama Immigration Law
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (AP) — Faith leaders, activists and community members plan to gather in Alabama on Sunday to hold a vigil calling for the repeal of the state’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law....
View ArticleSupreme Court Is Against Arizona Immigration Law
Today the Supreme Court has voted in a 5-3 ruling to uphold the authority of the federal government to set immigration policy and laws. in other words, they will continue to block keep federal...
View ArticleVoting Rights Argued Before U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP/WAOK) — The Supreme Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an argument at the...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear Florida-Georgia Water Suit
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Florida’s lawsuit seeking to limit the amount of water its neighbor Georgia can take from a shared river system. The court’s decision Monday to...
View ArticleCouple Behind Ala. Gay Marriage Case Grateful For Ruling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The couple whose lawsuit toppled Alabama’s gay marriage ban say they are grateful, overjoyed and still a little a bit in disbelief. Cari Searcy and Kim McKeand of Mobile said...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Won’t Stop Alabama Gay Marriages
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t stop same-sex marriages from beginning in Alabama on Monday. The court on Monday morning denied the Alabama attorney general’s request to extend a...
View ArticleAlabama Chief Justice Says Gay Marriage Fight Not Over
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he is disappointed that a majority of the state’s probate judges are giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Moore on Feb. 8 directed...
View ArticleCity Is Set To Offer Baton Bob $20,000 To Settle Federal Lawsuit
When 62-year-old Bob Jamerson was arrested outside Colony Square in Midtown on June 26, 2013, it began a saga that would see a federal lawsuit brought and a police officer quit the force. The long, and...
View ArticleSupreme Court Sales Tax Case Could Make Online Shopping Cost More
CBS Local — Sales Tax: $0. Online shoppers have gotten used to seeing that line on checkout screens before they click “purchase.” But a case before the Supreme Court could change that. At issue is a...
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