Both women remain in Etowah County's jail without access to computers. But as in other high-profile court dramas, Facebook pages dedicated ... Steven Hobbs, a law professor at the University of Alabama, said attorneys don't generally have a duty to police ...

A federal appeals court has upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and rejected a challenge by an Alabama county to the landmark civil rights law.

Washington— A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Lundy said today he has a "strong sense" that a bill forcing the agency to give advance notice of property purchases will be challenged in federal court. "They're ...

WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court has upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and rejected a challenge by an Alabama county to the landmark civil rights law. In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court said that Congress developed ...

A divided federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld Congress’s 2006 extension ... District of Columbia voted 2 to 1 to throw out a lawsuit filed by Shelby County, Alabama that challenged the reauthorization of Section 5. Lawyers for the county argued ...

Brewer told reporters she was "very, very encouraged" by the justices' questions. The administration challenged the law in federal court. Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah passed similar laws, parts of which also are on hold ...

Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, cases were filed in Federal courts to force Alabama to properly redistrict by population both the House and Senate of the state legislature. In 1972, for the first time since 1901, the legislature implemented ...

The bill, sponsored by Alabama Rep. Mike Ball, R-Huntsville, awaits Gov. Robert Bentley's signature. The legislation would give Madison County judges more oversight of local court operations, similar to the rest of the state.

A federal court on Friday rejected an Alabama county's argument that a key part of the 1965 Voting Rights act is outdated. That could set the stage for a Supreme Court hearing. 

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is the Republican nominee for the same job he once held, will be the guest speaker at Saturday's Madison County Republican Men's Club meeting.

ONEONTA | Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce ... papers and required schools to check the citizenship status of new students. Federal courts have blocked parts of the law in response to lawsuits by the Obama administration ...

GULFPORT -- Motions filed in federal court show three Coast ... and were cutting them to sell for scrap in Alabama when one exploded in Gulfport, seriously injuring a man. Attorneys for Jimmie Lee Wilson, 48, Lance Daniel Looney, 25, and David ...

WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--May 18, 2012. A federal appeals court today upheld a major provision of the Voting Rights Act in a case involving Shelby County, Alabama, affirming the need for legislation that helps protect minorities’ right to vote.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley issued a proclamation late Wednesday that would keep state legislators in Montgomery to address pending legislations.

TUSCUMBIA -- Former Alabama ... Court Justice Roy Moore will be the featured speaker at Saturday’s Freedom Rally, outside the Colbert County Courthouse. The event will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the southeast lawn at the courthouse. Moore, who is from Etowah ...

Jefferson County, Alabama, can’t fully repay $205 million in general ... Since the 1930s, no large U.S. county, city or town has used the power of a federal court to force investors to take less than they are owed, lawyers and municipal ...

Christopher Lee Price appeals from the denial of his petition ... Concurrent with his request for discretionary review in the Alabama Supreme Court, Price filed in federal court for a writ of habeas corpus, which was stayed until the conclusion of his ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Former Alabama Supreme Court ... Etowah County, won the party's nomination in March without a runoff. He faces Democrat Harry Lyon in the Nov. 6 general election. Moore was removed as chief justice in 2003 after refusing a ...

MONTGOMERY ... of art from Alabama artists. The exhibit will remain open every Friday and Saturday from noon until 4 p.m. throughout the year. The Freedom Rides Museum is located just south of the intersection of South Court Street and Adams ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police ... law in federal court. Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- Acting as his own lawyer from prison last ... For a complete roundup of news from federal court, see Monday's Federal Court Digest.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landmark civil rights law.

Nearly a decade after he was removed from the bench as Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice, Judge Roy Moore is gaining key support that could see him returned to the bench.

ONEONTA — Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather ... papers and required schools to check the citizenship status of new students. Federal courts have blocked parts of the law in response to lawsuits by the Obama administration ...

Moore was removed from office in 2003 for refusing to follow a federal judge's order to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from the state judicial building.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Acting as his own lawyer from prison last week, a convicted sex offender from Mobile objected to a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that his bid for a new sentence be rejected.

A federal appeals court has blocked some components, however, including one requiring Alabama officials to check the immigration status of children in public schools. Even with such changes mandated by the courts and others proposed by ...

When Moore hopped off his horse at his voting place in Etowah County ... him from office for failing to comply with a federal court order to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments that he placed in the Alabama Judiciary Building in Montgomery.