Whitmire: Who’s Going to Stop Alabama This Time?

In photos: A tumultuous Alabama special session, marked by protest

Voters hold signs saying "Hands Off Our Votes" and "Our Vote Our Voice Our Power" outside the Alabama Statehouse on May 4, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama Legislature began a special session Monday that could result in changes to primary elections and current congressional legislative district lines. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Legislature on Friday passed two bills that would allow the state to …

Whitmire: Who’s going to stop Alabama this time?

This is an opinion column. Now it’s the courts’ problem. The Alabama Legislature did something on Friday so obviously dumb that some of the lawmakers voting for it spent the debate explaining why the courts would have to make sense…

In photos: A tumultuous Alabama special session, marked by protest - Stateline Publications

Voters hold signs saying "Hands Off Our Votes" and "Our Vote Our Voice Our Power" outside the Alabama Statehouse on May 4, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama Legislature began a special session Monday that could result in changes to primary elections and current congressional legislative district lines. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Legislature on Friday passed two bills that would allow the state to …