Is the Civil War Coming to Tuscaloosa, Alabama?

From Southern Son:

By Civil War coming to Tuscaloosa, AL, I don’t mean assistant coaches vying for position under General Nicholas L. Saban, Jr. We’re talking about the war to determine which UA grad/trial lawyers are going to represent the University and which UA grad/trial lawyers are going to represent Ms. Barber in the coming Civil War battle to be fought in the federal court system.

Both sides will make a motion to stipulate the comments made by Ms. Barber are horrible. And to that motion the judge will sustain. Her defense attorney will argue that while her comments may be offensive to certain segments of society, she never threatened violence or to punch anyone in the nose like the former Governor of Virginia on MSNBC. The same governor that emigrated from Syracuse, NY to Richmond, VA. Just like the Richard Spencer case at Auburn University, U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins in Montgomery barred Auburn from blocking Spencer, "stating there was no evidence that he advocates violence...Discrimination on the basis of message content cannot be tolerated under the First Amendment."

Only questions that remain are which UA grad/trial lawyer is going to represent the University and which UA grad/trial lawyer is going to represent Ms. Barber in the coming Civil War in Tuscaloosa and will the University settle out of court?
Anybody want to place a bet that Ms. Barber will at least be represented by Jere Beasley ’62? Beasley completed his bachelor’s degree at Auburn University in 1959 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1962. 

Can anyone key up the theme song to the movie Gods and Generals?

Southern Son

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Time for another strange entry into the "Let's Pass a Bill" sweepstakes: A bill was introduced in both Houses that would require all non-volunteer fire departments to install diesel exhaust systems in fire station buildings within a certain time frame and under certain conditions [HB7 by Representative Tommy Hanes and SB4 by Senator Rusty Glover].

Another Tommy Hanes bill? Perhaps he's running for governor in 2022? So, isn't it a good idea. Yes, it's probably a very good idea. The problem is that if this bill is passed, the state is once again stepping on the toes of various Alabama cities. How many cities don't have such an exhaust system installed already? Is this bill totally redundant? How would this affect some of the very small towns which are lucky enough to have a fire department, but may be so poor that this is a hardship? Would they close down their fire departments? Consolidate their fire stations?

Moreover, why is the state so anti-federal government intrusion, but so pro-state intrusion into city and county governments?