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Alabama justices sworn in at Montgomery investiture; Chief Justice Sarah Hicks Stewart begins new term
Summary
Chief Justice Sarah Hicks Stewart and three judges — Tommy E. Bridal, James Christopher McCool and Richard D. Anderson — were invested and sworn at a ceremony at First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Speakers emphasized judicial independence, humility and the duty to "do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly."
Chief Justice Sarah Hicks Stewart, Associate Justices Tommy Elias Bridal and James Christopher McCool, and Judge Richard Dearman Anderson were formally invested and took their oaths of office at an investiture ceremony held at First Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth presented the commissions, saying the officials were elected in November 2024 and were being commissioned to their respective offices. Representative Jim Hill administered the oath to Stewart; Presiding Judge Mary Windham of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals administered the oath to James Christopher McCool; Judge W. Mark Anderson III administered the oath to Richard Dearman Anderson. The transcript does not specify who administered the oath to…
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