By Maddie Morgan (Cherokee County) On the first day of sessions, the Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of two House Bills. The first, HB75 was deemed unconstitutional on account of the 14th amendment. The bill imposed on private schools’ rights to not be required by the government to provide certain things. The second session reviewed … [Read More]
Youth Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Background Checks for Private Firearms Violates 4th Amendment
Story and photos by Laura Stanton Strickler Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer and Photographer On April 22, 2022, the Alabama Youth in Government Supreme Court justices held a public hearing to determine the constitutionality of Senate Bill 2, “Mandatory Background Checks for Private Firearm Sales.” The bill by Ramsey High School delegate Kylan Benson attempts to enforce … [Read More]
Supreme Court Tackles Amendment One
By: Mary Virginia Huffaker On the evening of November 5th, the public hearing for the 2020 Youth Legislature Conference occurred when Kareena Singh from the Montgomery Academy Delegation was called into the court to defend the constitutionality of her bill. Singh’s bill, #135, is titled “Redefining Religious Exemptions for Vaccines”. The bill would require people … [Read More]
Supreme Court Finds Flaws in Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act; Further Finds Youth Leg Bill Related to the Act Constitutional
By Mary Virginia Huffaker Tomorrow-Today Staff Writer On the evening of Friday, Feb. 21, the Alabama Youth In Government Supreme Court challenged SB25, An Act to Protect Same-Sex Couples’ Right to Adopt, by Lucy Bowling. Bowling’s bill would nullify part Alabama’s Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act (HB24). The 2017 act allows some state licensed adoption … [Read More]
Alabama’s Chief Justice Relates How Being Youth Legislature’s Speaker of the House Led to His Involvement in Government
By Indira Singh Tomorrow-Today Copy Editor Walking into the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building on a cold and sunny day in downtown Montgomery, the officers and the youth justices of the Alabama Supreme Court were greeted by the buildings’ docents, who shared its unique history and construction. Constructed from the same marble Michaelangelo used in his sculptures, … [Read More]
Supreme Court tours Judicial Building; rules on bill constitutionality
By Julia Stuckey TomorrowTODAY staff writer Friday morning, the justices of the Youth Alabama Supreme Court toured the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building to learn more about the history of the position they are serving in this weekend. The tour guide presented many facts about the building, including that the marble used was from the same quarry … [Read More]