Alabama has two statutes that prohibit begging for money in public, both of which have been ruled unconstitutional at the federal circuit court level (USA Today, Eleventh Circuit Decision 8 April 2025). Alabama lost at the district and circuit levels, and the state filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court on 25 September 2025 (SCOTUSblog - Taylor v. Singleton, Supreme Court - Taylor v. Singleton). The question is only concerned with whether the US Supreme Court will agree to hear the case, and the question will close "No" upon the issuance of an order either denying certiorari or granting the petition (Cornell - Certiorari). An order vacating the Eleventh Circuit's decision and remanding again for further proceedings will count (e.g., Supreme Court - Order List 30 June 2022, see 21-1194 on page 2).

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