Alabama Republicans to vote on nominee for chief justice, weeks after court’s frozen embryo ruling [Video]

FILE – Alabama Sen. Bryan Taylor, R-Prattville, explains the details of a House bill while in the Senate, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama Republicans are deciding their choice to replace retiring Chief Justice Tom Parker who in February 2024 drew national attention for quoting the Bible in a legal writing supporting a decision to recognize frozen embryos as children under a state law. Sarah Stewart, a current associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court and Taylor, a former state senator and legal adviser to two governors, are competing for the GOP nomination. (Lloyd Gallman/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)