Alabama Inquiry

Feds indict LGBTQ org lawyer over testimony in Alabama "judge-shopping" investigation

In an indictment unsealed Monday, Lambda Legal counsel Carl Charles faces a felony charge of making a false declaration to the investigating judicial…

Sep 9 •

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…

Jun 25, 2024 •

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.

Jun 19, 2024 •

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…

Jun 16, 2024 •

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…

Jun 10, 2024 •

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…

Jun 5, 2024 •

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…

Jun 5, 2024 •

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.

May 21, 2024 •

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