Republican state attorneys general oppose new gag order in Trump documents case • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
This story originally appeared on Florida Phoenix. Twenty-four Republican state attorneys general have interceded in the classified-documents prosecution of Donald Trump, opposing special counsel Jack Smith’s request that the trial judge bar Trump from making hostile statements against federal law enforcement. In a 27-page amicus brief filed by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the states […]
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Alabama Democrat vice chair takes to ‘Capitol Journal’ to bash GOP, Trump, AG Marshall | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
During this week’s broadcast of Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal,” in what was apparently a gesture to offer an opportunity to respond to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s appearance on the same program a week early, Alabama Democratic Party vice chairwoman Tabitha Isner took several jabs at her political adversaries on the other side of […]
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Jonathan Barbee’s legal ordeal highlights prosecutorial excess | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
In an alarming saga of prosecutorial excess, the tale of Jonathan Barbee, a former Jefferson County Constable and Republican political consultant, emerges as a stark warning. Driven by what appears to be an unbridled fervor, an overzealous lawyer at the Alabama Ethics Commission, alongside an equally unchecked agent at Alabama’s Department of Revenue, embarked on […]
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To boost Trump, GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
With less than six months before voting begins, the legal jousting over the rules for the 2024 election is already underway. And former President Donald Trump’s campaign is getting support from allies who have stayed mostly under the national radar: red-state attorneys general. In court filings made in recent months, these chief state legal officers […]
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Left-wing groups sue Alabama over new ballot harvesting law | #elections | #alabama
The ACLU, NAACP and other groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block the recently enacted Senate Bill 1, which increased penalties for ballot harvesting in Alabama. The ACLU of Alabama claimed the law “directly targets, […]
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GOP attorney’s general blast Biden admin over new rule to ban Christians from becoming foster care parents over gender views | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON (TND) — The Biden administration proposed a new rule that would essentially ban Christians from becoming foster care parents over their views on sexuality and gender identity. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat to discuss the issue. “Clearly, this administration is trying to develop a two-tiered system of foster […]
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AG Marshall, Aderholt demand change to proposed rule penalizing foster parents who don’t affirm gender identity | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) signed separate letters demanding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescind a proposed rule they said would discriminate against religious foster parents. The rule, published in September, requires state agencies to submit plans to the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) […]
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State of Alabama agrees to pay $515,000 special master bill in redistricting lawsuit | #elections | #alabama
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall agreed to pay a requested $515,000 bill from court-appointed special master Richard Allen for fees and expenses related to drawing congressional redistricting maps in October for the 2024 election. In October, a panel of three federal judges chose a map for Alabama to use in its upcoming congressional elections in […]
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AG Marshall promotes bill to combat border crisis; Doubles down on call to revoke student visas for supporting terrorist groups | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
CULLMAN — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall spoke at the Cullman County Republican Women’s Dinner on Tuesday, where he discussed the ongoing crisis at the southern border and conflict in Israel. Marshall began by praising Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the resources he has been providing to protect border towns. “I had the opportunity to […]
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Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 | #elections | #alabama
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FILE – A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the […]
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