August 29, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit said it will not reconsider its ruling allowing Alabama to enact a ban on certain gender-affirming medical care for minors, knocking down a challenge brought by parents and those who received the treatment of the circuit's ruling, which found that the ban doesn't flout constitutional rights.
May 01, 2024
Attorneys representing transgender clients in Florida and Alabama have urged the Eleventh Circuit to heed a recent Fourth Circuit ruling striking down bans on state-funded coverage for gender-affirming medical care, saying the court ruled that the state policies violate federal law because their exclusions were based on gender identity and sex.
January 11, 2024
Alabama can enforce its ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors while the Eleventh Circuit mulls whether to rehear a case challenging the law, the circuit court said Thursday, reversing a lower court's decision to keep a preliminary injunction in place until the appeals court provided clarity.
September 22, 2023
In the term beginning next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to return to some of the most hot-button issues concerning civil rights: guns, free speech, race discrimination, and potentially more.
August 22, 2023
An Eleventh Circuit panel lifted a preliminary injunction that stopped Alabama from enforcing a ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, saying the lower court erroneously applied the wrong standard of care to determine the law's validity and that the Constitution doesn't guarantee this type of medical treatment.