Alabama’s requirement that abortion clinic doctors have admitting privileges at local hospitals unconstitutionally burdens women’s rights to the medical procedure, a federal judge ruled.

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Strip searches, abortion clinics and a former Gore lawyer round out this week's Law Blog Roundup.

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A man wanted in several homicides in the Baltimore area has been arrested in Alabama. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday says Darryl Anderson was arrested in Birmingham, Ala., and is awaiting extradition back to Baltimore. Authorities say Anderson had ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Alabama’s appeal to revive portions of the state’s immigration law. The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals ...

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal appeals court has ruled that part of Alabama’s tough immigration law that ordered public schools to check the citizenship status of new students is unconstitutional. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the ...

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All hail Monday, the Orioles five-game winning streak and, of course, the roundup. Here are some news items to get the final full week of July started. ...

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PRATTVILLE, Ala.  — Authorities in central Alabama say a man has been given a three-day jail sentence for contempt of court for wearing so-called saggy pants. The Montgomery Advertiser (http://on.mgmadv.com/HB1QND ) reports that 20-year-old LaMarcus D. Ramsey was in Autauga ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona’s controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of those requires ...

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TOWSON — Baltimore County police say a suspect in the hatchet slaying of an 18-year-old has been arrested in Alabama. Thirty-seven-year-old Larry Eugene Horton of Halethorpe was arrested Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Task Force in Bayou La Batre, Ala. ...

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CULLMAN, Ala. — With German roots and Bible Belt values, the north Alabama town of Cullman marked Oktoberfest for decades with oompah music, lederhosen and bratwurst, but no beer. Now the party long billed as the world’s only dry Oktoberfest ...

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