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September 6, 2023 2:59 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Miranda Jayne BoydFAQs About Alabama’s Congressional Map Controversy
The congressional map in Alabama is getting national attention yet again, this time after a panel of judges threw out the latest version of the map. It’s déjà vu all over again since earlier this year the Supreme Court weighed…
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Op-Ed
September 5, 2023 6:38 pm | By Svante MyrickEven if Trump Skips the Debates, His Indictments Will Take Center Stage
First published in The Hill. The first Republican presidential primary debate is two days away, and for the first time ever it comes on the heels of multiple indictments of a leading candidate. That candidate, former President Trump, may skip the debate in lieu of an online…
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News and Analysis
September 5, 2023 1:41 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Gives Victim of Police Misconduct an Opportunity to Pursue his Claims
Judge Doris Pryor, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a lower court and gave a victim of serious police misconduct the opportunity to go forward with…
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News and Analysis
September 5, 2023 11:58 am | By Miranda Jayne BoydWe Asked Some of Our Supporters What They Thought of the First GOP Presidential Debate, and the Results Spoke Volumes
We watched the first GOP debate, and we certainly had our own thoughts about how it went. But we wanted to know what our members and supporters thought, so we asked them. The responses we got ranged from clever commentary…
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News and Analysis
September 5, 2023 11:04 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judges’ Opinion Upholds Full Damages Award Against Corporate Official who Committed Fraud Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judge Alison Nathan, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a 2-1 opinion joined by Biden nominee Judge Sarah Merriam that upheld a $39 million damages award against an investor and business…
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In the News
September 1, 2023 12:59 pm | By Svante MyrickThe Latest Hit to the Supreme Court’s Credibility Shows It Won’t Police Itself: Svante Myrick for The Hill
First published in The Hill. Yesterday, after receiving an extension on the deadline to file legally-required disclosures for 2022, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas submitted records that reveal yet more favors and perks from billionaire Harlan Crowe, including details that went unreported in…
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In the News
August 31, 2023 2:02 pm | By Miranda Jayne Boyd‘Grandparents For Truth’ Mobilizes Against Book Banning And Censorship: United Against Book Bans
First published by United Against Book Bans. People For the American Way—a proud partner to Unite Against Book Bans— has been fighting authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn for more than 40 years. Now, with book-banning and censorship on the…
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News and Analysis
August 31, 2023 1:00 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydGrandparents For Truth Needs Your Help to Recall Extremist School Board Members in Temecula
Grandparents For Truth is all about defending the rights of students to learn the truth and feel safe while doing it. So, when school boards fail in their responsibility to provide honest instruction and safe environments, Grandparents For Truth takes…
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News and Analysis
August 29, 2023 4:28 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Writes Unanimous Opinion That Corporation Can be Liable For Failing to Safeguard Personally Identifying Information From Improper Hacking
Judge Beth Robinson, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a district court and ruled that a class action could be brought against a large corporation for…
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In the News
August 28, 2023 11:15 am | By Svante Myrick
Republicans Have Made It Clear, No State is Safe from Abortion Bans: Svante Myrick for The Hill
This op-ed was first published in The Hill. Most Americans believe abortion should be legal in most cases. In every state where voters have voted on the issue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters have sided with reproductive freedom and against abortion…
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Op-Ed
August 25, 2023 12:24 pm | By Svante MyrickHow Small Cities Can Become the Biggest Leaders in the Climate Fight
First published in The Hill This could be the coldest summer of the rest of our lives. So say researchers around the world, even while we are living through a broiling season and setting new heat records almost every day. Across the…
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News and Analysis
August 24, 2023 3:31 pm | By Peter Montgomery
Republican Debaters Back Abortion Bans, Pledge to Vote for Trump Even if Convicted
Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate highlighted the ongoing hold that former President Donald Trump still has over the party and the presidential race. Trump decided to protect his current polling lead by staying away and trying to upstage his challengers…
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In the News
August 23, 2023 10:47 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Writes Unanimous Opinion Upholding Collective Action by Former Patients Required to Work for No Pay
Judge Dana Douglas, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that upheld a lower court ruling that numerous former rehabilitation patients could proceed with a collective action against the…
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In the News
August 22, 2023 12:48 pm | By Elliot MincbergThree Trump Judges Rely on Decision Overturning Roe to Allow Alabama Law Harming Transgender Teens to Take Effect
Three Trump judges on the Eleventh Circuit relied on the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that reversed Roe v Wade in a ruling that overturned a trial court injunction and put into effect a harmful Alabama law that forbids important medical…
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In the News
August 21, 2023 3:02 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Reverse District Court and Allow Disability Discrimination Claim to Proceed Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judge Myrna Perez, nominated by President Biden to the Second Circuit, cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court and ruled that a clerk-typist could go forward with her claim that officials had failed to…
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News and Analysis
August 18, 2023 6:21 pm | By Miranda Jayne Boyd
Grandparents For Truth Stands with Trans Kids in Temecula Schools Against Forced Outing by School Officials
Extremist Temecula Valley school board members–whom we’ve written about previously for their attempts to deny students social studies textbooks simply because they contained LGBTQ content, and who are facing a recall effort due to their radical ideologies–are at it again.…
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In the News
August 18, 2023 12:47 pm | BySvante Myrick Quoted in the Grio on Race Being at the Center of the Trump Indictment in Georgia – the Grio
First published in the Grio. Race is squarely at the center of Donald Trump’s historic criminal case in Georgia, where he will surrender at a county courthouse next week to be arraigned. No one will be paying attention to the…
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People For in Action
August 17, 2023 12:48 pm | By Elliot MincbergBattles Continue Over Freedom to Learn
As schools around the country prepare to return to session this late summer and fall, People For the American Way and Grandparents for Truth (G4T) have remained busy, fighting authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn. Here’s a brief rundown on…
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In the News
August 16, 2023 2:57 pm | BySvante Myrick Quote On Why Conservatives Are Comparing Trump’s Indictment to Stacey Abrams – the Grio
First published in the Grio. Now that former President Donald Trump has been indicted for racketeering and other alleged crimes related to attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, conservative voices are arguing the criminal case brought by Fulton County District…
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In the News
August 16, 2023 1:14 pm | By
Svante Myrick Quoted on How Indictment and Potential Trial Could Damage Trump – Truthout
First published in Truthout. A new survey suggests the growing pile of criminal indictments and felony charges against Donald Trump could eventually erode the former president’s substantial lead in the GOP primary if enough voters pay attention to news from reliable…