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July 16, 2019 5:03 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Barrett Votes to Deport 30-Year Resident With No Chance to Prove Equal Protection Claim
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump 7th Circuit judge Amy Coney Barrett cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 June opinion and order in…
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July 16, 2019 5:01 pm | By Diane LavioletteConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Defends School Board’s Failure to Meet Legally Required Special Education Rule
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Britt Grant wrote a 2-1 decision that defended a school board's failure to…
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People For in Action
July 16, 2019 4:50 pm | By Jen HerrickIt’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage and End Unfair Wage Exclusions—LGBTQ+ People Need the Raise the Wage Act
Raising the federal minimum wage and ending unfair wage exclusions would be critical points of progress toward achieving gender equity. Not only would this uplift women-identified workers, but it would also have substantial benefits for LGBTQ+ people, who are more…
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People For in Action
July 15, 2019 4:19 pm | By Jen HerrickPFAW Supports the Scientific Integrity Act to Combat Trump’s War on Science
As People For the American Way's Progressive Happy Hour podcast reported in April, one hallmark of the Trump administration has been its aggressive attacks on science-based policies and research—devaluing science and adversely shaping many facets of American life. To combat…
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July 15, 2019 12:41 pm | By Paul GordonConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: 6th Circuit Trump Judges Pile “Hunch Upon Hunch” to Uphold Search Warrant
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. The Fourth Amendment contains one of our most important protections from untrammeled harassment by the police: In most cases,…
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People For in Action
July 15, 2019 12:08 pm | By Jen HerrickBodily Autonomy Is Necessary for People to Be Free and Equal
People For the American Way is among nearly 80 allied organizations setting forth a joint policy agenda to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the U.S. and around the world. Amid unprecedented attacks, we must reach toward…
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July 15, 2019 9:44 am | By Diane LavioletteConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judges Vote Against Rehearing Case Concerning First Amendment Violation
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump Tenth Circuit judges Allison Eid and Joel Carson voted with the majority against rehearing a…
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July 15, 2019 9:36 am | By Diane LavioletteConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Votes to Forcibly Medicate Individual So He Can Stand Trial
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision in favor…
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July 15, 2019 9:15 am | By Diane LavioletteConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Make the Daughter of Company President Responsible for IRS Violations
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Elizabeth "Lisa" Branch dissented from the majority decision that concluded the district…
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July 11, 2019 2:26 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Barrett Denies Consumer Any Chance to Enforce Her Debt Collection Rights
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump 7th Circuit judge Amy Coney Barrett wrote an opinion in Casillas v. Madison Ave. Associates Inc. ruling that…
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July 11, 2019 1:30 pm | By Tori SlattonThe Story of Yazmin and Mariee Juárez is Devastating, Inhumane, and Happening Every Day
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform listened in almost haunting silence as Yazmin Juárez, an asylum seeker from Guatemala, recounted the story of her daughter Mariee’s death weeks after their release from ICE custody, an incident…
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July 11, 2019 10:44 am | By Paul GordonFourth Circuit Panel Dismisses Maryland and D.C.’s Emoluments Lawsuit
A panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed D.C. and Maryland’s lawsuit against President Trump for violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses. The judges—all nominated by Trump or his Republican predecessors—ruled that D.C. and Maryland lack standing…
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July 10, 2019 5:10 pm | By Paul GordonConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote Denying Attorneys’ Fees to Immigrant Unjustly Denied Asylum
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Fifth Circuit Court judge Don Willett cast the deciding vote in denying an asylee’s right to be compensated…
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July 10, 2019 3:32 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Deprive Holocaust Survivors the Ability to Recover Property Damages in U.S. Courts
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump judge Gregory Katsas of the District of Columbia Circuit issued a solo dissent from the…
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July 10, 2019 11:26 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judges Threaten Pillar of Double Jeopardy Law
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. All five Trump 5th Circuit judges joined a June 2019 opinion that reversed a panel decision and ruled that…
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July 9, 2019 2:31 pm | By Surya SwaroopDemocratic Presidential Debates Underscore the Role of Reproductive Rights in the 2020 Election
After a wave of restrictive abortion bans were passed in the South and Midwest, several Democratic presidential candidates put their commitment to reproductive rights front and center in their campaign platforms. While Roe v. Wade makes clear that bans like…
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People For in Action
July 9, 2019 2:09 pm | By Surya SwaroopPFAW and Allies Rally as the Supreme Court Rules on the Census Citizenship Question
PFAW has long been on the front lines fighting against systems and practices that jeopardize our country’s ideals of fairness and justice- including discriminatory voter suppression tactics that unfairly influence or suppress people’s votes and undermining the census, a critical…
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July 9, 2019 9:58 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Excuse Weakening of Mine Safety Rules
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump judge Gregory Katsas of the D.C. Circuit partly dissented from a 2-1 ruling concluding that under…
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July 8, 2019 11:20 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Stop Laid Off Employees From Pursuing Discrimination Claim
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In June 2019, Trump judge Gregory Katsas of the District of Columbia Circuit dissented from a ruling that allowed…
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July 8, 2019 9:03 am | By Leslie Watson WilsonReparations: A Dream Deferred and Still Worth Fighting For
The beloved poem “Dream Deferred” written by Langston Hughes embodies the heart and spirit, the drama and tension, the past and present narrative regarding the issue of reparations, making amends for a wrong done, for generations “post-” enslavement. Reparations, for…