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Alabama Inquiry

SCOTUS takes up trans care case—as key LGBTQ civil rights lawyers face scrutiny in Alabama
The Supreme Court will hear a case over Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. And: Sanctions hearings began in the Alabama judge-shopping…
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Chris Geidner
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Two courts, two justice systems
Shock! The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is treated substantially differently by today's federal court system than families with trans kids.
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Chris Geidner
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Judge Liles Burke appears eager to sanction LGBTQ civil rights lawyers
A Friday order that some lawyers turn over a document prepared in the early days of the Alabama judge-shopping "inquiry" strongly suggests Burke has…
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Chris Geidner
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Divergent responses to judge-shopping claims paint a disturbing picture
For the right, it's a "heads I win, tails you lose" life. Also: A recent filing in the Alabama investigation raises questions about a big claim in the…
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Chris Geidner
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LGBTQ advocates fight sanctions threat in wake of federal judges' slanted report
Part 2: An October 2023 report finding "misconduct" by 11 lawyers who challenged an anti-transgender law is now back in front of the judge who prompted…
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Chris Geidner
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Alabama federal judges forced LGBTQ advocates into a long, secretive "inquiry"
Part 1: An April 2022 order questioning if LGBTQ civil rights lawyers engaged in "judge shopping" in challenging an anti-transgender law prompted a…
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An Alabama Trump appointee is threatening to jail LGBTQ civil rights lawyers
A forum-shopping dispute that been ongoing for two years briefly reached the Eleventh Circuit on Monday. Also: More on Alito. And: Law Dork in the news.
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