Scandals Embroil Alabama Governor, Speaker and Chief Justice

The New York Times: MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the state capital these days, anybody who is anybody is either being investigated or being questioned about someone who is.

The chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court has been hit with ethics charges for defying federal courts on same-sex marriage, and could be removed from his seat. The governor, caught on tape engaging in salacious banter, apparently with his powerful chief adviser, is facing criminal investigations and calls for impeachment.

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