It’s time to honor Nabers and England’s judicial legacy

Alabama has had a Judiciary branch since its statehood in 1819. Almost a half Century after the Judicial branch was established by the Constitution of 1819, in 1868, the newly ratified Constitution provided for the selection of all judges, including Supreme Court Justices, by popular vote. Eventually, in 1969, added to the Chief Justice, the number of Associate Justices was increased to eight for our present-day total of nine judges on the Alabama Supreme Court.   On October 4, 2005, Chief Justice Drayton Nabers officiated a ceremony for two former Chief Justices, Howell Heflin and C.C. “Bo”