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The government of Alabama is organized under the provisions of the 2022 Constitution of Alabama. [1] Like other states within the United States, Alabama's government is divided into executive, judicial, and legislative branches. Also like any other state, these three branches serve a specific purpose in terms of power.
Mar. 13—Beginning Tuesday afternoon, some Alabama state government websites were subject to a "denial of service" attack. "There was no breech, and the state's computers and information have not ...
The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama.The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. [1]
The state holds land titles going back to the date of statehood. The Finance Division works with the Executive Division to discuss budgets and handle transactions with state vendors. The Information Technology (IT) Division maintains the office's network security and runs the live Elections Night Reporting system during Alabama elections.
On February 17, 2019, Halima Tariffa Culley's son was arrested while driving his mother's car. [2] Police charged Culley with possession of marijuana and seized the car. . Culley's mother was unable to recover the vehicle, and the State of Alabama filed a civil asset forfeiture case against the vehicle. 20 months later, Culley won summary judgment under Alabama's innocent-owner d
Heath v. Alabama, 474 U.S. 82 (1985), is a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that, because of the doctrine of "dual sovereignty" (the concept that the United States and each state possess sovereignty – a consequence of federalism), the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution does not prohibit one state from prosecuting and punishing somebody for an ...
Shomari Figures, the Black Democrat running in an Alabama congressional district redrawn last year by a court order, has won the seat over Republican Caroleene Dobson, NBC News projects.
Glassroth v. Moore, 335 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003), and its companion case Maddox and Howard v. Moore, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (M.D. Ala. 2002), [1] is a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that held a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments placed in the rotunda of the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery, Alabama by then-Alabama ...