Federal judges in Alabama have been conducting a secretive, two-year investigation into LGBTQ civil rights lawyers accused of 'judge-shopping' while challenging anti-trans laws. This inquiry, initiated by an April 2022 order, has remained largely out of public view due to gag orders and sealed filings. The investigation, led by GOP-appointed judges, has resulted in an October 2023 report alleging misconduct by 11 lawyers, and those lawyers now face potential sanctions. The findings and the threat of sanctions have intensified the ongoing legal battles over anti-LGBTQ legislation in the state. The in-depth report on this investigation is detailed in Law Dork.
Federal judges in Alabama have been investigating lawyers challenging the state’s anti-trans laws for more than two years on “judge-shopping” allegations. If you haven’t heard about this, that’s not surprising. The lawyers were gagged and the filings were sealed.
For more than two years, some of the nation’s leading LGBTQ civil rights lawyers have been fighting accusations of “judge-shopping” from GOP-appointed federal judges in Alabama. Now, they could even face sanctions. A huge story, at Law Dork. Part 1: https://t.co/bpjmVjV6GP
LAW DORK IN-DEPTH: LGBTQ advocates fight sanctions threat in wake of federal judges' slanted report Part 2: An October 2023 report finding "misconduct" by 11 lawyers is now back in front of the judge who prompted the investigation. https://t.co/wzJRYpIm2R
Now up at Law Dork, my two-part, in-depth report on the two-year investigation that Alabama federal judges — all GOP appointees — have conducted into LGBTQ civil rights lawyers fighting anti-trans laws. 1⃣ — https://t.co/bpjmVjV6GP 2️⃣ — https://t.co/S86JY3BdFF
NEW: LGBTQ advocates fight sanctions threat in wake of federal judges' slanted report. Part 2 of my in-depth Law Dork look at a two-year, secretive investigation into the lawyers who brought lawsuits challenging an anti-trans law in Alabama. https://t.co/S86JY3AFQ7
NEW: LGBTQ advocates fight sanctions threat in wake of federal judges' slanted report. Part 2 of my in-depth look at a two-year, secretive investigation into the lawyers who brought lawsuits challenging an anti-trans law in Alabama. https://t.co/S86JY3AFQ7
This is Part 1 of my report into the Alabama federal judges' judge-shopping investigation into LGBTQ civil rights lawyers. Part 2 is coming shortly, so subscribe to Law Dork now. https://t.co/bpjmVjV6GP
LAW DORK IN-DEPTH: 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” prompted a two-year investigation. https://t.co/SydpNaOq8p
Over the past two years, as anti-LGBTQ bills and laws were proliferating, a secretive investigation into the lawyers behind many of the challenges to those laws was going on by several federal judges in Alabama. It’s still not done. Part 1, at Law Dork: https://t.co/bpjmVjV6GP
NEW: Alabama’s federal judges have forced LGBTQ advocates into a long, secretive “inquiry.” Here’s the story, only at Law Dork: https://t.co/bpjmVjUyRh
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