Do you agree with this Alabama law?
“Do you agree with this Alabama law?”
I am generally not in favor of laws that are symbolic, have no strong enforcement mechanism and will be subject to defeat when under judicial review.
In the case of the Alabama law, an entity would only be fined $25,000 if it were to, without a state committee’s approval, remove a Confederate monument.
A $25,000 fine is of little consequence for a city that wants to remove a Confederate monument.
In the end, the small fine will not keep cities from taking down Confederate monuments, but the small fine may keep the law from being challenged in the courts.