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Chase Strangio, ACLU Implicated In Judge Shopping Scandal
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Chase Strangio, ACLU Implicated In Judge Shopping Scandal

Unyielding Bicyclist on the state of the states in federal courts
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“She wasn’t important enough, is what the judges decided,” says the attorney behind the Unyielding Bicyclist Substack.

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A humiliating report by three federal judges concluded that trans rights lawyers engaged in “judge shopping.” Some worked for nonprofits like the ACLU and Lambda Legal; others practiced at major commercial law firms like King & Spalding and Cooley. The report was filed under seal in October 2023 and made public on March 19…
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Though she does not stand to be punished for her role, Strangio is one of many lawyers identified in the 11th Circuit judge-shopping scandal over Alabama’s ban on pediatric sex trait modification which somehow continues to escape media scrutiny. We also discussed the Arkansas case to compare and contrast the performances of lawyers representing the first two American states to enact a ban.

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