{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-aderholt-joins-amicus-brief-challenge-justice-departments", "Congressman Aderholt Joins Amicus Brief in Challenge to Justice Department\u2019s Flagrant Intimidation of Non-Profit Organization in Alabama", "2022-09-22", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Robert B. Aderholt", "A000055", "aderholt.house.gov", "aderholt", "https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Congressman Robert Aderholt announced he has joined an amicus brief before the federal court challenging a subpoena issued to Eagle Forum of Alabama.\n\n\u201cI have joined several of my Alabama Congressional colleagues, members of the state legislature, and organizations from across the country in this amicus brief because what the Department of Justice has done in this case is beyond the pale. Eagle Forum of Alabama is a private, non-profit organization that is being punished for simply exercising its First Amendment rights. This point cannot be overstated. The government of the United States is targeting, bullying, and trying to make an example of an organization the Biden Administration disagrees with.\n\n\u201cThe purpose of DOJ\u2019s action is clear - to send a shot across the bow of any organizations that if they dare exercise their First Amendment-protected right to petition the government, they too could become entangled in a costly and arduous legal battle. I\u2019m joining this brief and calling on the DOJ to stand down.\u201d\n\nBackground: On August 9th, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in Birmingham sent a subpoena to Eagle Forum of Alabama to obtain its communications surrounding advocacy in support of a bill banning hormone treatments and gender transition surgeries for minors. After the bill\u2019s passage in the Alabama state legislature, Biden\u2019s DOJ filed a lawsuit against the legislation, and it was subsequently blocked by a federal judge in May, pending the outcome of this case.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://aderholt.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-aderholt-joins-amicus-brief-challenge-justice-departments"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9673402421176434, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}