Greg Shaw

Background

Greg Shaw is the senior member of the Alabama Supreme Court and has served on it since 2009. Before joining the Supreme Court, he served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals and as chief judge of the Court of the Judiciary; he previously practiced law and worked as a senior staff attorney for the Supreme Court.

Sources: Greg Shaw campaign site, Alabama Judicial System, judges directory

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Abortion law

  Shaw said the Constitution does not establish a protected right to abortion and that the issue was properly returned to the states and their elected officials. He also said courts should state and fairly apply the law, and that Dobbs is binding precedent unless the U.S. Supreme Court changes it.

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• Parental rights

  He said that choices concerning children’s education and medical care are primarily their parents’ responsibility, and that laws interfering with parental rights should be carefully scrutinized.

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