Courts Alabama AG joined election lawsuit despite similar changes in Alabama The lawsuit is widely viewed by legal experts as little more than a publicity stunt. Josh MoonDecember 11, 2020
Courts Alabama AG joins brief in Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn election results The lawsuit seeks to overturn the results in those four key battleground states. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 10, 2020
Elections Federal judge rules against challenge of Alabama’s felon voting law The lawsuit alleged that Alabama's law was racially discriminatory and imposed cruel and unusual punishment. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 7, 2020
Courts SCOTUS majority seems likely to uphold Affordable Care Act The U.S. Supreme Court will return to hear more arguments in the case on Nov. 30. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 10, 2020
Corruption Lee County DA arrested on second perjury charge The arrest was based on a complaint filed by Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office, charging him with first-degree perjury. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 9, 2020
Corruption Lee County DA Brandon Hughes indicted on 7 counts of ethics violations, theft and perjury The attorney general's office said Hughes was indicted by a Lee County grand jury on ethics, theft and perjury charges. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 9, 2020
Elections Coalition of attorneys general file opposition to Alabama attempt to ban curbside voting The AGs argue that Alabama’s suggestion to the courts that curbside voting invites fraud is “unfounded.” Eddie BurkhalterOctober 19, 2020
Health Alabama attorney general will appeal curbside voting ruling to U.S. Supreme Court A panel of federal appeals court judges on Tuesday reversed parts of Kallon’s ruling regarding absentee voting in the upcoming Nov. 3 elections, but... Eddie BurkhalterOctober 14, 2020
Corruption Former Barbour County sheriff arrested, charged with taking money from sheriff’s office Upshaw was charged with two crimes connected to taking more than $85,000 from several accounts that belong to the sheriff’s office. Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 29, 2020
Corruption Attorney general opposes motion to reconsider Hubbard’s prison sentence “Hubbard is not being punished for his reversed convictions. He is being punished for the crimes of which he remains convicted,” Marshall wrote to... Eddie BurkhalterSeptember 23, 2020