Civil Rights Group Asks Court to Block Alabama Appointments Law

Published on March 13, 2024

A civil rights group claims Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is trying to short-circuit a recently filed racial discrimination lawsuit. The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed a federal lawsuit last month against Ms. Ivey, a Republican, claiming that Alabama is implementing unconstitutional racial quotas in appointments to the Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board (AREAB). The governor is being sued in her official capacity. AREAB, which was created in 1990, licenses and regulates real estate appraisers in Alabama. After the lawsuit was initiated, the governor filed a slate of nominees in hopes of rendering the case moot and preventing the court from deciding on the issues involved, AAER’s lawyer argues....

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