Bad Bush Judges
Corporate Allies at the DC Circuit
Mon, 10/15/2012 - 12:25pm — Paul
When Big Business wants to dismantle laws protecting the American people, they turn to the DC Circuit.
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Bush Circuit Judges Uphold Ohio Abortion Restriction
Thu, 10/04/2012 - 3:33pm — Paul
Presidents serve for four or eight years, but the judges they nominate serve for life.
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Bush Judges Again Show Why the DC Circuit Matters
Wed, 08/29/2012 - 5:38pm — Paul
Extremist Bush judges on the DC Circuit sided with Big Tobacco and corporate polluters in two criticized opinions last week.
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A Bush Judge on the DC Circuit Defends the Ideology of the Lochner Era
Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:15pm — Paul
Janice Rogers Brown issues a concurring opinion loaded with red meat for the right wing.
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Ads: Senators Who Put George W. Bush -- Not Their Constituents -- First
As part of People For the American Way's Save the Court campaign, we're running ads in key states targeting senators who voted against their constituents' interests by supporting George W. Bush's extreme judicial nominees. The ads below call out senators who sided with Bush when it came to judicial nominees whose decisions had very real — and negative — impacts on families in their state.
The Human Toll: How Individual Americans Have Fared at the Hands of Bush Judges
People For the American Way Foundation has documented in a series of reports the damage that Bush nominated judges have done to the Constitution — and to Americans' ability to seek and expect justice in the federal courts when challenging unlawful treatment by corporations, government agencies, and other powerful entities. This report looks at a selection of cases with an eye to the human cost of a federal judiciary dominated by an ideology that is all too willing to sacrifice individual rights and legal protections.
The State of the Judiciary and the Bush Legacy
A report about the how the long-lasting part of President George W. Bush's legacy will be the weakening of Americans' rights and legal protections due to the dangerous state of the federal judiciary created by judges he has placed on the federal bench.
Report: McCain-Bush Judges Take a Toll on Ordinary Americans
As part of its Supreme Court campaign, People For the American Way cites a report released today by its affiliated Foundation titled The Human Toll: How Individual Americans Have Fared at the Hands of Bush Judges. The report collects some of the stories of American men, women, and children whose cases have come before judges nominated by George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
"George Bush's judges have done irreparable harm to real people in our nation," said People For the American Way President Kathryn Kolbert, who also pointed out that John McCain has supported 100% of Bush's judicial nominees. "President Bush has largely succeeded in reshaping the judiciary in his own image, and he's had the support of John McCain every step of the way."
Janice Rogers Brown
Despite Senate Democrats' filibuster of Janice Rogers Brown in 2003, President Bush renominated Brown to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in early 2005. Brown's record as a California Supreme Court justice raised serious concerns about her fitness, but she was nonetheless confirmed as part of the "Gang of 14" compromise to prevent the so-called "nuclear option" that would have eliminated judicial filibusters.
PFAW Report on William G. Myers III
Mining, coal and cattle industry lobbyist William G. Myers III is President Bush’s latest nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Myers has amassed an incredible record of promoting environmental degradation and harm to the interests of Native Americans, both from his position as an industry lobbyist and from a short stint as solicitor for the Bush Administration Department of the Interior.
Confirmed Judges Confirm Our Worst Fears
This report shows that many of the George W. Bush's nominees that have already been confirmed to lifetime seats on the federal judiciary threaten the rights of ordinary Americans.
The Federalist Society: From Obscurity to Power
Most Americans know very little about--or have even heard of--the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Yet the Society has assumed a leading role in shaping the Bush administration's legal policies and judicial nominees. This report released August 1 by People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF) provides much-needed information and insight on the organization.
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