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Bull Connor said, "Damn the law. Down here, we make our own law," and those...
Eugene "Bull" ConnorEugene "Bull" Connor,"the infamous commissioner for public safety in Birmigham, AL, from 1936-54 and 1957-63, had a favorite saying: "Damn the law. Down here, we make our own...
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Judge Tamara Harris Johnson doesn't want you to know details about a...
A judge in Birmingham, AL, is in the middle of a warm spotlight. If Circuit Judge Tamara Harris Johnson (D-Jefferson County, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 22) finds the warmth a tad uncomfortable, she...
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With regulatory agencies "captured and controlled," a financially strapped...
Plant Vogtle [Late Breaking News: Last Friday (7/21/23), engineers with the Southern Nuclear Operating Company tried to raise the power at Vogtle Unit 3, again. At 32 percent power, the reactor coolant...
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An Alabama judge, in an apparent effort to protect the state's "Big Mule"...
The crookedness of Alabama's judiciary, which has been the primary topic of Legal Schnauzer (our reason for being, you might say) since the blog began in June 2007, has found the spotlight of AL. com,...
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Ron DeSantis and other Republicans are peddling a rosy picture of slavery,...
Is the postmodern Republican Party serious about governing? That Donald Trump is the GOP's runaway front-runner for president in 2024 would give some people pause. With no shortage of issues that...
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Hunter Biden's plea deal on tax charges falls apart, drawing applause from...
Hunter Biden (center) outside courthouseHunter Biden's plea deal on two misdemeanor tax charges fell apart yesterday during what was expected to be a routine hearing. Donald Watkins, a longtime Alabama...
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Souhern Company's Vogtle project in Georgia could be headed for receivership...
Vogtle Unit 3 near Waynesboro, GAThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) likely will place the two nuclear-power units being developed at Southern Company's Plant Vogtle into a receivership,...
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With Hunter Biden staring at 10 or more years in prison, feds recommended a...
Hunter BidenA longtime attorney and criminal-defense expert, with a record of writing critically about favoritism Hunter Biden has received in his tax and gun-possession cases, says he was shocked...
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The Watkins and Shuler families know this: When a loved one risks all to...
Joseph T. WatkinsWhat would it feel like to put your life on the line for your country only to return home as the target of racial discrimination? As a White American, I struggle to conjure up an...
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Donald Trump and a "public mental-health crisis": Experts see Trump as a...
If you do a Google search on "Donald Trump's mental health," dozens of articles appear, from a wide range of sources -- Psychology Today ("Psychological Terms That Characterize the Trump Presidency"),...
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Southern Company's Vogtle Unit 3, which is a nuclear disaster in waiting,...
Plant Vogtle in Georgia (Fortune) Georgia Power declared yesterday that Vogtle Unit 3 has entered commercial operation and is now serving customers and the State of Georgia. Georgia Power is a...
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Third indictment, focusing on Jan. 6 insurrection, accuses Trump of...
Donald Trump faces third indictment Donald Trump was indicted yesterday for his role in the January 6 insurrection and other efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Torri Otten, calling...
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With early poll showing Biden and Trump in a dead heat, both with high...
A political poll released this week shows Joe Biden and Donald Trump in a virtual dead heat for a likely rematch in the 2024 presidential election. While both men hold commanding leads to be the...
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Donald Trump's third indictment is "The Big One" because it serves as a...
Donald Trump (New York Times) Until Donald Trump came along, no former U.S. president ever had been charged with a crime. After the release Tuesday of charges related to Trump's role in the Jan. 6...
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This criminal-defense expert knows the ropes and the reality: With third...
Donald Trump arrives in D.C., ahead of third arraignment (BBC) Donald Trump, facing a third indictment for which he was arrested and appeared in a Washington, D.C., federal court yesterday. is facing a...
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"Irreplaceable" Irving Jones, author of ghost letters in North Birmingham...
Irving Jones becomes a rarity -- a Black partner at Balch & BinghamAn attorney who played a central role in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal has been named partner at the Balch & Bingham...
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Flow of legal talent through a pipeline from Balch & Bingham to Bradley picks...
Bradley law firm: A popular destination for former Balch & Bingham talent Several top minority attorneys have left Birmingham's overwhelmingly White Balch & Bingham law firm, according to a...
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Donald Trump has taken America's democracy to some dark places -- and appears...
Donald Trump speaks to a supportive Alabama crowdDonald Trump spoke at a Republican Party gathering in Alabama on Friday night, and it turned into the kind of lovefest that seemed bizarre and...
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One of Alabama's "Big Law" firms tried to ruin a rival by attacking his solo...
One of Alabama's Big Law firms tried to ruin a rival by attacking his one-man practice in Shelby County, south of Birmingham. It never has been clear why Balch & Bingham, with more than 200...
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With Balch's banking sector imploding under a wave of defections, a buyout by...
Burt Newsome ad familyBalch & Bingham has been losing talent to the Bradly law firm, a Birmingham-based competitor. With all of the defections, Balch's banking practice appears to be imploding, and...
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