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Despite activists and groups such as the Human Rights Campaign lambasting him for his record on equal rights, the Alabama senator has officially been elected to the prestigious position with a vote of 52 in favour to 47 against. Sessions' record on LGBT+ rights is abysmal - he voted against marriage equality, is in favour of allowing discrimination in the name of religion, and called discriminatory measure Don't Ask Don't Tell "pretty effective".
California elected officials are leading a courtroom charge to bulldoze the 1958 NAACP v. Alabama Supreme Court decision that guarantees anonymity for non-profit donors who might otherwise be subjected to death threats and other forms of intimidation.
Various protesters from groups such as Black Lives Matter, the LGBT Community, and the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice gathered in front of the Robert Vance Federal Building to protest Jeff Session's nomination for Attorney General. Jack Williams, a representative in the state House, disagrees with the protests.
Immigration and domestic security, key themes in Donald Trump's successful campaign, will likely dominate two U.S. Senate hearings on Tuesday as lawmakers begin several days of questioning the president-elect's Cabinet nominees. First to appear before lawmakers will be Trump's pick for attorney general, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
The week before Donald Trump takes the oath of office will set the stage for his entry into the Oval Office. Not only will at least nine of his Cabinet nominees begin their Senate confirmation hearings, but the president-elect himself will face reporters at a long-awaited press conference, where he may address how he plans to separate his business interests from his presidency.
Six NAACP demonstrators were arrested after occupying the Mobile office of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, calling for him to turn down his controversial nomination to become the next U.S. Attorney General. More than a dozen protesters entered the office around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Benard Simelton, president of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, told the Daily News from Sessions' office.
With Senator Jeff Sessions preparing for a senate confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. Attorney General, Governor Robert Bentley began interviewing candidates for the seat. "It is probably the most important decision he will make with respect to the future of America, not just Alabama, but America," U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks said.
This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Ronald Bert Smith Jr.. Smith Jr., an Alabama inmate coughed repeatedly and his upper body heaved for at least 13 minutes during an execution, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, using a drug that has previously been used in problematic lethal injections in at least three other states.
An Alabama death row inmate coughed and heaved for about 13 minutes during his execution by lethal injection on Thursday night, AL.com reported. Ronald B. Smith, convicted in Alabama of a 1994 robbery and murder, was pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. CT, 34 minutes after the execution began at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, according to AL.com, whose reporter Kent Faulk was present.
Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts dives over a tackle during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Chattanooga, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. . Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts runs the ball during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Chattanooga, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence is the latest celebrity to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage. Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday was the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but he became the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the stage.
Now that Jeff Sessions is Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, you're going to hear a lot of people dig up old accusations that Sessions is a racist. In fact, CNN did so last night .
A 38-year-old woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii will decide if she wants to fight extradition from New York. A woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii traveled to upstate New York to grieve the loss of her "soul mate," her lawyer said Friday after a brief court appearance.
But like it or not, President Barack Obama has become an unofficial ambassador of sorts for President-Elect ... Mr. Andreas, right, meeting with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at a Kremlin reception in Moscow in 1988.
If any state can offer a troubled nation some sense of perspective in the wake of Donald Trump's shocking presidential win Tuesday, it is Alabama. About 63 percent of the state's voters preferred Trump.
A correction's official says the planned execution of an Alabama inmate is being delayed by two hours while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the man's appeal. Tommy Arthur, 74, was originally scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. CDT for the shooting death of a man in a 1982 murder-for-hire arrangement.
This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Bill Kuenzel, sentenced to death for the shooting death of store clerk Linda Jean Offord in 1987. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday Oct. 31, 2016 declined to hear an appeal by the inmate, who claims he is innocent.
Republican leaders of two branches of state government have been removed from office, while the head of the third branch, Gov. Robert Bentley, is facing an impeachment investigation sparked by a scandal that shows no signs of fading. The three distinct controversies involving high-profile Republicans have dominated state political headlines for many months, but it's not clear they have helped the rival party at all.
The clearing of vestiges of suspended Chief Justice Roy Moore's tenure on the Alabama Supreme Court included the firings of three of his clerks, according to Moore's attorney. Moore's head law clerk and two other law clerks were fired by acting Chief Justice Lyn Stuart and Justice Michael Bolin, according to a statement from Mat Staver, of the legal group Liberty Counsel which represents Moore.