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January 9, 2020 2:42 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge’s Deciding Vote Allows Trump to Spend $3.6 Billion on Border Wall Despite Injunction: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. Trump 5th Circuit judge Andrew…
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News and Analysis
January 9, 2020 11:42 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge’s Deciding Vote Upholds Groundless Stop-and-Frisk: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. Trump Fifth Circuit judge James…
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January 9, 2020 11:10 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Dismiss Wrongful Shooting Claim: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. Trump 6th Circuit judge Amul…
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News and Analysis
January 9, 2020 10:03 am | By Diane LavioletteTrump Judge Would Allow Deportation of Immigrant Without Informing Him of His Rights: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In November 2019, Trump Ninth Circuit judge Kenneth Lee dissented from a majority decision that remanded a Board of…
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January 7, 2020 11:11 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Writes Majority Opinion Denying Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. In November 2019, in…
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News and Analysis
January 6, 2020 10:02 am | By Diane LavioletteTrump Judge Casts the Deciding Vote Denying Class Action in a Consumer Suit Against Apple: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. In November 2019, Trump Ninth Circuit judge Eric Miller cast the deciding vote denying certification of a class action…
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January 5, 2020 11:19 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Dismisses Claim of Racial Profiling by Police Officers for “Shopping While Black”: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. In December 2019, Trump…
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People For in Action
December 23, 2019 3:22 pm | By Bettina RamonThe Victories We Scored in 2019
It’s been a grueling, action-packed year. Along with a dedicated team of coalition partners and progressive activists, we’ve experienced some upsetting losses in 2019 - but we’ve also scored some major wins. Thanks to what we accomplished this year, the…
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December 23, 2019 10:55 am | By Paul GordonTrump Judges on Eleventh Circuit Dismiss Suit to Protect Birmingham’s Minimum Wage Law: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. When the city of Birmingham raised the local minimum wage, the state quickly responded with a law nullifying the…
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People For in Action
December 22, 2019 2:05 pm | By Bettina RamonKlobuchar, Buttigieg Discuss Their Criteria for Judicial Nominees During December Debate
During the sixth Democratic presidential debate on December 19, Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg shared their criteria for nominating federal judges and Supreme Court justices. Debate moderator Judy Woodruff noted that most of the…
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News and Analysis
December 20, 2019 10:43 am | By Elliot MincbergHow Trump Judges Are Trying to Repeal the New Deal
For many years, an important far-right objective has been to dismantle the New Deal’s social safety net. The New Deal, a set of programs established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s, gave Americans urgently needed relief, reform and…
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December 19, 2019 10:15 am | By Diallo BrooksTrump Judges’ Rulings Are Dangerous for People of Color
Nearly three years into Donald Trump’s presidential term, it’s clear that his judicial nominations and confirmations are a key part of his agenda to undo decades of social progress that have expanded our collective rights, protections, opportunities and ability to…
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People For in Action
December 19, 2019 10:08 am | By Bettina RamonNew Interactive Tool Highlights Trump Judges’ Impact
In the nearly three years since Donald Trump took office, he has nominated (and Senate Republicans have confirmed) two Supreme Court justices, 50 appellate court judges, and 120 district court judges to lifetime positions. Once on the bench, these judges…
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People For in Action
December 19, 2019 9:58 am | By Megan ClendenonPFAW Joins Allies and Activists to Call for Trump’s Impeachment and Removal
On December 18, a crowd of activists and progressive organizations gathered outside the Capitol to show Congress that Americans are demanding that Donald Trump be impeached and removed from office for his abuse of power. Bearing signs that read “Impeach…
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News and Analysis
December 18, 2019 6:33 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge Casts Deciding Vote in Lawless Judicial Assault on the ACA: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. With Trump judge Kurt Engelhardt casting the deciding vote, a divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit issued a…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:48 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump Judge James Ho Issues Another Jeremiad Against Abortion Rights
On December 13, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit unanimously struck down Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks. But Trump judge James Ho only concurred in the result in Jackson Women’s Heath v. Dobbs, not in the majority…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:26 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judges Newsom and Grant Overlook Threat of Torture in Ruling Against Asylum Seeker: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Immigrants and asylum seekers face extreme hostility from the Trump administration, but they should be able to rely on…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:11 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge Katsas Cuts Off Judicial Review of Controversial Family Planning Funding Decisions: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump judge Gregory Katsas provided the deciding vote in a D.C. Circuit opinion allowing the Trump administration to evade…
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People For in Action
December 16, 2019 10:06 am | By Megan ClendenonDiallo Brooks Speaks on Panels on Gun Violence Prevention and Protecting Our Courts
In early December, PFAW Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks spoke on two conference panels to discuss possible solutions to pressing issues that have plagued our country for years: legislative action on gun violence and the impact…
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News and Analysis
December 13, 2019 10:47 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Dismiss Woman’s Claim That She Was Coerced Into Settling Lawsuit Against Day Care Center for Endangering Her Son: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
“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 John Nalbandian cast the deciding vote to affirm a lower court order that dismissed a…