Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, speaks at a press conference promoting a package of law enforcement bills at the Alabama State Capitol on Feb. 12, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey listens in the background. A judge Friday ordered Ivey, Ledbetter and the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) to enter mediation in a lawsuit over the athletic eligibility of CHOOSE Act students. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
A Montgomery County judge ordered mediation Friday in a brief hearing in the ongoing legal battle between Gov. Kay Ivey, Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) over the athletic eligibility of CHOOSE Act recipients.
The parties met Friday for a scheduled hearing on AHSAA’s motion to dismiss the a lawsuit filed by Ivey and Ledbetter against AHSAA in September. But Judge J.R. Gaines did not hear arguments, and instead ordered the parties into negotiation…