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    Confederate Monument Law Upheld By Alabama Supreme Court

    The Alabama Supreme Court said the lower court erred earlier this year when it ruled the city of Birmingham had constitutional rights to free speech. The city must now pay a $25,000 fine.
    by Brakkton Booker Nov 27, 2019 2 minutes
    A man looks at a Confederate monument in Linn Park this summer in Birmingham, Alabama. Alabama's attorney general sued the city of Birmingham in 2017 for covering the inscriptions at the base of the monument.

    Updated at 6:30 p.m. ET

    Alabama's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the city of Birmingham broke state law when it ordered plywood screens be placed around the base of a Confederate monument in 2017.

    The 9-0 ruling by Alabama's high court reversed a ruling by a lower court that was favorable to the city.

    The Jefferson Circuit Court ruled in January that

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