Federal judge weighs in on whether libraries are “government speech”
The case will be one to watch for Alabamians particularly if it makes its way to the 11th Circuit.
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Court allows ban on gender-affirming care for minors to retake effect
A full trial on the constitutionality of the ban is set to take place later this year.
Families request 11th Circuit to rehear gender-affirming care case
Alabama lawmakers passed a law last year that would criminalize doctors or parents for helping trans youth access gender-affirming care.
Families of Alabama transgender youth seek rehearing from full court
On Aug. 21, a panel of the 11th Circuit ruled to lift a preliminary injunction blocking a law banning gender-affirming care.
Appeals court lifts injunction on Alabama gender affirming care ban
The ruling by the three-judge federal appeals court removed an injunction issued in May 2022 by U.S. District Judge Liles Burke.
SCOTUS declines to hear Cullman cash bail case
The case concerning the constitutionality of whether states can make indigent defendants pay schedule-based cash bail originated in Cullman County.
U.S. Senate makes historic confirmation of Abudu to circuit court
Abudu is the first Black woman appointed as a judge to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
SCOTUS rejects street preacher’s First Amendment case against the University of Alabama
Lower federal courts, including the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, previously sided with the university.
State appeals to lift injunction on law criminalizing treatment of transgender youth
Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the state is criminalizing a treatment that is the standard of care, and is discriminating against transgender youth.
Federal ruling on Arkansas law is a bad sign for Alabama’s trans treatment ban
On Thursday, the Eighth Circuit upheld an injunction placed on Arkansas' Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act.