Alabama News
Cam Ward, a 1993 graduate of Troy University, has been appointed to the University’s Board of Trustees by Gov. Kay Ivey.
Ward’s appointment was approved by the Alabama Senate on Thursday. He will succeed the Honorable Lamar P. Higgins, who passed away in April after an extended illness.
Since December, Ward has served as Director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles. Prior to the Bureau, Ward was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2002 where he served for two terms. In 2010, he was elected to the Alabama Senate representing parts of Shelby, Bibb and Chilton County. He was re-elected in 2012 and served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a role he held for the last nine years. Additionally, Ward served as President of the Alabama Law Institute.
This week allow me to share with you a sketch of the men and women who sit on our State Supreme Court. These nine Justices are all Republican, all conservative on both social and business issues. All are very devout in their faith and very connected to their church and their family.
Chief Justice Tom Parker has been on the State Supreme Court since 2005. He was born and raised in Montgomery and went to Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School.
Chief Justice Parker and his wife the former Dottie James of Auburn have been married 39 years. Dottie was a supervisor of the governorâs mansion during the Fob James administration. They are Methodist.
Jerry Summers: Carter Schoolfield Was A True Warrior In Support Of His Clients Thursday, April 29, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Carter H. Schoolfield was born on June 16, 1936 and died on September 23, 2020 at his home on Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
He was the son of Julia McReynolds Schoolfield of Pikeville, Tn., and Scott Raulston Schoolfield of Chattanooga. His mother was a descendant of one of the early settlers of Bledsoe County in Pikeville, Tennessee in a family which included lawyers, judges, and a Congressman as one of the most respected families in the Sequatchie Valley.
His father, Judge S. Raulston Schoolfield was one of the most talented trial lawyers in the Chattanooga area and also was one of the most controversial and colorful members of the Bar and Judiciary.
RELEASE: CAP Welcomes Senator Doug Jones as a Distinguished Senior Fellow
Date: April 20, 2021
Contact: Julia Cusick
“Sen. Jones has been a leader in the fight for civil rights for decades,” said
John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress. “At this critical moment, I’m grateful that the former senator will bring to CAP his deep expertise and commitment to racial equity and strengthening our democracy.”
“Events over the past year have brought our country to a moment of reckoning on matters of race and justice, including inequities in health care, education, income and voting rights,” said Sen. Jones. “With this moment, we have an opportunity to fulfill our obligation to future generations of Americans to protect the gains made over the last half-century and set the country firmly on the path of progress. I look forward to working with CAP to develop and promote policies that can help move us toward a more perfect realization of our founding ide
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