Aladamnbama is still fighting the War of Northern Aggression.

And, they’re taxing for it, too.

MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. (AP) — The last of the more than 60,000 Confederate veterans who came home to Alabama after the Civil War died generations ago, yet residents are still paying a tax that supported the neediest among them.

Despite fire-and-brimstone opposition to taxes among many in a state that still has “Heart of Dixie” on its license plates, officials never stopped collecting a property tax that once funded the Alabama Confederate Soldiers’ Home, which closed 72 years ago.

Which might explain why Senator  Jeff Sessions aggressively questioned Judge Sotomayor  about her views “on the use of foreign law in deciding cases.”  Hell, he thinks anything north of the Mason Dixon is foreign.

Thanks to Carl for the heads-up.