IncumbentGreg Shaw
Incumbent Republican candidate for State Supreme Court in Alabama
IncumbentGreg Shaw
Incumbent Republican candidate for State Supreme Court in Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court Place 8 winner?
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NOV 7, 2026
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NOV 7, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleJudge
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderMale
LocationAlabama
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BackgroundLawyer
EducationAuburn University — B.S., Chemistry (1979)
Notable personal detailsJames Gregory “Greg” Shaw is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama since January 20, 2009. He previously served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (elected 2000; served 2001–2009) and was appointed Chief Judge of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary in 2007. Shaw earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Auburn University (1979), a J.D. from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law (1982), and an LL.M. in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law (2004).
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Political Positions
Healthcare
Greg Shaw’s public healthcare-related record is centered on judicial decisions rather than broad reform proposals. In a 2024 Alabama Supreme Court IVF case, he wrote that Alabama law makes no distinction between frozen embryos and children for purposes of the wrongful-death statute, and in a separate medical-liability matter he joined reasoning protecting healthcare-provider evidentiary privileges. That provides some evidence of a conservative approach to reproductive-health litigation, but not a clear position on broader healthcare policy.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Greg Shaw has repeatedly taken positions rejecting constitutional abortion rights and favoring stronger legal protection for unborn life. He wrote that Roe and Casey should be overruled and later agreed that Alabama law protects unborn children, with one concurrence stating that unborn children are persons with value and dignity equal to other persons.
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Public Safety & Guns
Greg Shaw has a documented record of siding with gun-rights arguments in at least one Alabama Supreme Court case, including a separate dissent in a decision striking down an open-carry restriction. The available record does not show a broader public platform on gun policy, but the evidence points toward a pro-Second Amendment posture rather than support for new firearm restrictions.
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