Tag: supreme court
Mayor, City Council President React to May 31 Closing of Birmingham-Southern...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham-Southern College will close on May 31, after more than a century as one of the city’s most respected institutions.
“This...
Birmingham And Partners to Commemorate 60 Years Since Church Bombing
birminghamal.org
Nearly 60 years ago, a bomb tore through Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls and rocking the nation. In remembrance of...
Black Lawmakers in Alabama: GOP Ignores Supreme Court Ruling on 2nd...
By Kim Chandler
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —Facing an order to draw new congressional district lines, Alabama Republicans advanced dueling proposals on Wednesday that boost the...
Justice Brown-Jackson’s Influence Being Felt on the U.S. Supreme Court
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
With the U.S. Supreme Court entering its summer recess, Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, the newest to the bench, wraps her first...
Lawyers for Alabama Death Row Inmate Toforest Johnson Announce Next Step...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Hundreds of activists, residents and leaders in legal and faith circles gathered Sunday night at Highlands United Methodist Church in...
Black Women in the South Have Been Bracing for Roe’s Fall...
Char Adams and Bracey Harris
NBC News
This story appeared originally on NBC News
Tight restrictions on abortion have already placed the procedure out of reach for...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaks Through A ‘Concrete Ceiling’
By Nyah Marshall
Howard University News Service
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court with a historical vote that makes her...
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to...
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav
CNN
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the...
Birmingham-Area Lawyers on Judge Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week after being the first Black woman...
Black Girls Who See Themselves in the Supreme Court Nominee
By Annie Ma
Associated Press
In 2013, as she watched President Barack Obama's second inauguration, 7-year-old Veronica Bofah decided she wanted to be just like him....
