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• Whether the Topic is UAB Football Or Don Siegelman, Al.com Writer Chuck Dean...

  

  UAB football at Legion FieldAn editorial at al.com today suggests UAB shouldn't have a football program because it has a medical center--and we all know that... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Late Judge B. Avant Edenfield Had Help from 11th Circuit to Hide Corruption in...

  

  B. Avant EdenfieldThe recent death of federal judge B. Avant Edenfield reminds us that he was not alone in covering up hunting-club corruption in Alabama courts... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Mark Fuller Joins an Infamous List of Federal Judges Who Managed to Screw up an...

  

  Mark FullerIn the world of employment, being a U.S. judge has to be one of the sweetest gigs on the planet.You have a lifetime appointment and pretty much... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The Secret Lives of Dennis Hastert, Bill Pryor, and Other Public Officials...

  

  Bill Pryor at badpuppy.comWhat happens when a married public official presents himself as heterosexual but leads a homosexual life in the shadows? Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Having Sex with a Client, in Alabama Or Elsewhere, Can Cause a Lawyer to Wind...

  

  Allison BergmanA partner at a large midwestern law firm has left the firm and had her license suspended in the wake of revelations that she had a sexual... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Here's How the "breaking" Story of Dennis Hastert's Taste for Young Wrestlers...

  

  Dennis HastertThe No. 1 news story in the country right now is about former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and his efforts to cover up the sexual... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Mark Fuller Was the Face of a System That Allowed Shadowy Characters, Like Bob...

  

  Mark FullerThe resignation of U.S. judge Mark Fuller likely is seen, for now, as the byproduct of a domestic-violence case. But the story goes much deeper than... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• UAB Football Supporters Win a Major Battle, but the Struggle for Long-term...

  

  UAB football at Legion FieldThe big news in Birmingham yesterday came when UAB President Ray Watts announced that he was reinstating the university's football... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Author Who Revealed Dennis Hastert's Taste for Young Males Also Broke Story Abou...

  

  Dennis HastertWho looks worst in the Dennis Hastert sex scandal? That undoubtedly would be the former U.S. House speaker himself, who now stands accused of... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Order Released Today by Eleventh Circuit Shows That Fuller Was Staring Down the...

  

  Mark FullerA judicial panel today issued an order saying the conduct of Alabama federal judge Mark Fuller might "constitute one or more grounds for impeachment. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Cases Like the Resignation of Judge Mark Fuller Are So Rare That They Happen...

  

  Mark FullerHow rare is it for a federal judge, such as Mark Fuller in the Middle District of Alabama, to give up his lifetime appointment and resign? Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Republican Bob Riley Once Called Dennis Hastert a "family Man" Who...

  

  Dennis HastertFormer Alabama governor Bob Riley once praised then U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert as a "family man" who "understands kids. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Was Judge Mark Fuller's Decision to Resign Somehow Tied to Recent Appellate...

  

  U.S. District Judge Mark FullerThe note came from a source eight days ago: Look for the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to force out District Judge Mark... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• How Badly Does Alabama Republican Operative Rob Riley Struggle with the Truth?...

  

  Rob RileyAlabamians long have had reason to wonder about the honesty of Rob Riley, Homewood lawyer and son of former governor Bob Riley. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Hearing on Motion to Vacate $3.5-million Default Judgment Has Been Postponed...

  

  A hearing on a motion to vacate a $3.5-million default judgment in the Jessica Medeiros Garrison case has been postponed for a second time. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Judge B. Avant Edenfield, Who Covered up Hunting-club Scheme in Alabama Divorce...

  

  B. Avant EdenfieldA federal judge, who helped ensure that alleged hunting-club corruption in Alabama divorce courts would stay under wraps, died recently (May 9... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• My Incarceration in Shelby County, Alabama, Was the Third Longest for a...

  

  California journalist Joshua Wolf, who wasincarcerated for 226 daysMy incarceration, ordered by retired Alabama Circuit Judge Claud Dent Neilson, was the third... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Will UA Trustees Gut Undergraduate Programs at UAB and UAH to Help Pay off...

  

  UAB campusThe University of Alabama Board of Trustees plans to address a debt of almost $1 billion by gutting undergraduate programs at UAB and UAH, according t... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Eleventh Circuit Panel Uses Cheat Job on Richard Scrushy to Justify Its Latest...

  

  Don SiegelmanIf the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals cannot uphold the law and dispense justice, it can at least provide consistency. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Convictions Against Former...

  

  Don SiegelmanAn appellate court today upheld convictions against former Alabama governor Don Siegleman in a case that has become widely known among many legal... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 LEGAL, SOCIETY