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Alabama Supreme Court serving as safety net for big business

August 9, 2011
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Alabama Supreme Court serving as safety net for big business

Tweet Alabama Supreme Court Serving As Safety Net For Big Business By: Josh Moon The Montgomery Advertiser Have you ever dreamed of being untouchable, of simply doing whatever you’d like and never having to worry about consequences? If you’re a big business operating in Alabama, that dream is apparently a reality, thanks to the Alabama Supreme Court. No matter the screwup, no matter the negligent, borderline criminal acts committed by big business, the state’s highest court has acted as quite the magician’s top hat the last few years — making big problems and big verdicts simply vanish. And it’s using...

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Greed and Power and Election Control

February 14, 2012
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Greed and Power and Election Control

Tweet The Locust Fork News-Journal » Blog Archive » Federalist Society Hears From Conservative Voter Sublog.locustfork.netBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The fate of the world is often decided by powerful men meeting in secret. That is a fact, but it’s not always the case — and...

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Big Business Dollars Keep On Rolling

January 17, 2012
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Big Business Dollars Keep On Rolling

Tweet The cost of justice: Alabama’s latest example of money’s effect on elections Jan 12, 2012 | 7926 views | 0  | 4  |  |  In years past, Alabama judicial races set spending records for candidates and special-interest groups. But this year’s race for the Republican nomination for state Supreme Court chief justice...

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Republicans are now bothered by Big Money and the Courts

January 11, 2012
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Tweet Race to replace Ala. Justice Woodall now contested By PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 2:29 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 2:29 p.m. A judge from Anniston has decided to give voters a choice on who...

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Alabama Supreme Court ruling creates firestorm of controversy

November 8, 2011
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Alabama Supreme Court ruling creates firestorm of controversy

Tweet By Dana Beyerle Gadsden Times Montgomery Bureau http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20111105/NEWS/111109898 MONTGOMERY — The Supreme Court in January vacated a $3.2 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a woman who died in a Montgomery hospital, but the ruling has created a firestorm of controversy. Plaintiff...

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Alabama Remains a Big Spender in Judicial Elections

October 30, 2011
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Alabama Remains a Big Spender in Judicial Elections

Tweet http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/10/alabama_remains_a_big_spender.html Despite an off-year in spending, the most recent election for Alabama Supreme Court ranked among the nation’s costliest judicial races in 2009 and 2010, a study released last week shows. Candidates in three races for the Alabama Supreme Court in 2010 spent...

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American Bar Association calls for new rule requiring judges to step aside

October 24, 2011
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American Bar Association calls for new rule requiring judges to step aside

Tweet http://blog.al.com/sweethome/2011/09/american_bar_seeking_rules_on.html Washington– The American Bar Association, in a newly adopted policy, is urging states to set rules for judges to step down from cases involving campaign contributors, a sign of growing national anxiety over the influence of political money in the judicial system....

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Malone endorsement shakes up Supreme Court race (Talbot column)

October 6, 2011
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Malone endorsement shakes up Supreme Court race (Talbot column)

Tweet http://blog.al.com/live/2011/10/malone_endorsment_shakes_up_su.html   For the past quarter century, the path to election as an appellate judge in Alabama has led directly through a powerful, deep-pocketed coalition of business groups known as the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee. The conservative coalition, a brainchild of GOP...

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