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May 13, 2019 1:56 pm | By Paul GordonConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge’s Dissent Would Make Asylum More Difficult
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In an April 2019 case in the Ninth Circuit, Trump judge Mark Bennett wrote a dissent that would have made…
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News and Analysis
May 13, 2019 11:55 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Uphold City Criminalization of Homelessness
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Ninth Circuit Judge Mark Bennett tried in an April 2019 dissent in Martin v. City of Boise to uphold a…
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People For in Action
May 10, 2019 5:11 pm | By Kayla Butler#VoteTheCourts2020: Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris Discuss the Courts at She the People
On April 24, at She the People’s first presidential forum in Houston, Texas, several Democratic presidential candidates spoke about a range of issues important to women of color. During the forum, attendees raised concerns about living as women of color…
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News and Analysis
May 10, 2019 4:07 pm | By Paul GordonConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Would Use Unfair Basis to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Police Shooting
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Michael Easley alleged that Riverside, CA police officer Silvio Macias used unconstitutionally excessive force by shooting him when he…
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News and Analysis
May 10, 2019 10:14 am | By Diane LavioletteConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts the Deciding Vote Against an Individual’s Fourth Amendment Rights and Approving a Warrantless Search
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In April 2019 Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Kevin Newsom was the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision in favor…
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News and Analysis
May 10, 2019 9:55 am | By Tori SlattonPete Buttigieg Joins PFAW Telebriefing for New Presidential Town Call Series
On May 7, 2019, PFAW hosted a member telebriefing with Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg to kick off our Presidential Town Call series. In keeping with our long precedent, PFAW will not endorse any candidate…
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News and Analysis
May 10, 2019 8:08 am | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Deny Attorneys’ Fees to Worker Who Was Denied Disability Benefits
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Sixth Circuit judge Amul Thapar tried, in an April, 2019 dissent in Guest-Marcotte v. Life Insurance Company of North America…
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News and Analysis
May 9, 2019 4:53 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Tries to Deny Attorneys’ Fees in Voting Rights Case
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson tried in an April, 2019 dissent in Brandon v. Guilford County Bd. of…
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People For in Action
May 8, 2019 4:58 pm | By Marge BakerWith Rule of Law Threatened, Senate Cannot Defer to Trump-Barr Choice of Jeffrey Rosen for Deputy Attorney General
On March 26, President Trump nominated Jeffrey Rosen to serve as deputy attorney general under William Barr at the Department of Justice. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Rosen's hearing on April 10. Rosen now awaits a committee vote expected on…
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People For in Action
May 7, 2019 4:24 pm | By Marie Lindberg, Bettina RamonThis Mother’s Day, Remember the Harm of Trump’s Family Separation
Days before Mother’s Day, we urge everyone to think about the mothers who have been separated from their children and the many more who still have not been reunited. In addition to the thousands of families who are separated every…
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News and Analysis
May 6, 2019 12:02 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Undermine Fair Housing Act
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. An important principle recognized by the Supreme Court is that the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits rental or…
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People For in Action
May 3, 2019 4:12 pm | By Marge BakerConfirming Judicial Nominee Joseph Bianco Would Represent a Dangerous Shift in Our Legal, Political, and Cultural Norms
On November 13, President Trump nominated Joseph Bianco of New York to be a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals over the objection of home state Democratic senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. The Senate Judiciary Committee held…
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People For in Action
May 3, 2019 10:06 am | By Kayla Butler#VoteTheCourts2020: Williamson and Castro Discuss Their Ideal Judicial Nominees
As part of its #VoteTheCourts2020 campaign, PFAW is asking Democratic presidential candidates to discuss their plans to nominate fair-minded constitutionalists to the bench. During campaign stops in Nevada in late March and April, New Age author and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson and former Secretary of Housing and…
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News and Analysis
May 2, 2019 5:39 pm | By Bettina RamonFamily Separation: A Shameful Part of Our History
There is perhaps no better example of Trump’s continued assault on Latinx immigrants than the family separation policy he ordered in early 2017. After thousands of immigrant children were taken from their parents, public outcry over the administration’s cruelty and…
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Federal Update
May 2, 2019 3:30 pm | By Peter MontgomeryTrump Administration Finalizes Religious Refusals Rule That Threatens Access to Health Care
On May 2, the Trump administration finalized a new rule that will threaten millions of Americans’ access to health care by creating expansive rights for health care providers to discriminate and refuse to provide care. The new rule violates the…
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People For in Action
May 1, 2019 9:42 am | By Jen HerrickPFAW and AAMIA Renew Support for Data Collection That Will Help Fight Racial Injustice in Special Education
People For the American Way and PFAW's African American Ministers In Action believe in the important role that data collection has to play in eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of special education students. On…
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News and Analysis
April 30, 2019 4:30 pm | By Elliot MincbergDecision by Republican-Appointed Appellate Judges Threatens Protest Leaders with Lawsuits, Violating First Amendment Rights
A recent decision by a panel of three federal judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, including one appointed by President Trump, allows a police officer to sue the organizer of a Black Lives Matter protest for an injury caused…
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News and Analysis
April 30, 2019 12:13 pm | By Paul GordonAt Barr’s Senate Hearing, Expect Graham to Work for Trump
Attorney General Barr is scheduled to testify at an oversight hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1 on matters relating to the Russian effort to make Donald Trump president of the United States. Chairman Lindsey Graham should act…
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News and Analysis
April 29, 2019 6:38 pm | By Elliot MincbergConfirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judges Vote to Erode Fourth Amendment Protections
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump 11th Circuit Judges Kevin Newsom, Elizabeth Branch, and Britt Grant recently cast the deciding votes in a 7-5…
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News and Analysis
April 29, 2019 10:04 am | By Elliot MincbergDon’t Buy the Barr-Graham ‘Spying’ Scam
On May 1 and May 2, Attorney General William Barr is expected to testify before the Senate and House Judiciary Committees concerning Robert Mueller’s final report. But if past is any prologue, Barr and Republican allies like Senate Judiciary Committee…