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  • Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Confederate Monument Law

    Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Confederate Monument Law

    On Wednesday, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Birmingham violated Alabama’s monument protection law when it placed a plywood screen around a Confederate monument in a downtown park on August 18, 2017. According to NPR, the 9-0 ruling by Alabama’s high court reversed a ruling by the lower Jefferson Circuit Court…