News From Around The South 12/6 to 12/13

News From Around The South 12/6 to 12/13

TENNESSEE: African-American Wins New Trial Over Confederate Memorabilia The picturesque jury chamber in the Giles County courthouse in Tennessee featured a giant window with a soaring library, but it had another striking detail: a portrait of Jefferson Davis, the...
Abortion and the Constitution

Abortion and the Constitution

“The fetus has an interest in having a life.” —Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Dec. 1, 2021 Last week’s oral argument in the Supreme Court about abortion was both humdrum and arcane. Humdrum because we already knew where the nine justices...
News From Around The South 11/29 to 12/6

News From Around The South 11/29 to 12/6

ALABAMA: Confederate Group Ooppsing Suit Over Tuskeegee Monument Site BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —  A Confederate heritage group will fight an Alabama county’s lawsuit that could lead to the removal of a rebel monument in the heart of nearly all-Black Tuskegee, the group’s...