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News and AnalysisDecember 21, 2021 10:24 am | By Paul Gordon
With These Women of Color, We’re Making Our Courts Look Like America
In a December 2020 letter to the president-elect, People For called for him to nominate fair-minded individuals who have a demonstrated commitment to civil and human rights. This is critical, because protecting those rights is the primary reason our courts…
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News and AnalysisDecember 21, 2021 7:51 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Affirm Qualified Immunity for Police who Detained Two Black Men and Forced Them to the Ground: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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News and AnalysisDecember 20, 2021 12:26 pm | By Paul Gordon
2021: A Great Year For Our Courts
Fair and just courts are essential to protecting our lives, our health, and our families. They are an indispensable part of any democracy. As we head to the end of 2021, we can be proud of the phenomenal progress we…
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News and AnalysisDecember 17, 2021 1:52 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Another Trump District Judge Blocks Important COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Health Care Workers: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects . Supreme…
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Op-EdDecember 16, 2021 4:20 pm | By Ben Jealous
Defending a Democracy in Flames
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom. And how we can preserve it. Our freedom is threatened. We all need to be paying attention and preparing to take…
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People For in ActionDecember 14, 2021 5:57 pm | By Susan Stainman
Activists Gather Outside the UN to Demand Biden Pass Voting Rights Legislation
On Thursday, December 9th, President Joe Biden kicked off his virtual Summit for Democracy. Gathering officials from over 100 countries, the summit was meant to bring democratic countries together, sharing resources and shoring up governments against growing authoritarianism around the…
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News and AnalysisDecember 14, 2021 4:57 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Eid Casts Deciding Vote to Uphold Conviction Despite Six-Year Delay and to Subject Americans to Warrantless NSA and FBI Surveillance: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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People For in ActionDecember 14, 2021 11:47 am | By People For Staff
Thank You, People For Members, for Holding the Line for Democracy
The line between autocracy and democracy is fragile. People For the American Way is on the front lines of the critical fights going on in our country right now to defend our rights from those who would take them from…
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News and AnalysisDecember 13, 2021 7:52 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Justice Gorsuch’s Opinion Keeps Texas Abortion Ban in Place and Strictly Limits Lawsuits to Challenge It: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects . Supreme…
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News and AnalysisDecember 8, 2021 12:09 pm | By People For Staff
The Fight For Fair Courts
Update: Since this video was published, the Biden-Harris administration made even greater progress in confirming a record-breaking number of judges! With 40 federal judges confirmed and 70 nominated to the lower courts, President Biden is ahead of the pace of…
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News and AnalysisDecember 8, 2021 7:13 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Another Trump Judge Blocks Another COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Nationwide: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects . Supreme…
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News and AnalysisDecember 6, 2021 5:24 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Reinstate Texas Ban on COVID-Related School Mask Requirements: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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Op-EdDecember 3, 2021 5:18 am | By Ben Jealous
Right Wing Judges Put Millions’ Rights and Access to Health Care at Risk
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. The political and legal movement to criminalize abortion in the U.S. is on the brink of its biggest victory in 50 years. Most at risk are those who are already among the…
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News and AnalysisDecember 1, 2021 3:00 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Supreme Court Hears Argument In Case Threatening Constitutional Right To Reproductive Freedom
The Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, which threatens to overturn the precedents established by Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey and eliminate the constitutional right to choose an abortion.…
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News and AnalysisDecember 1, 2021 9:54 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Issues Nationwide Block on Important Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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Op-EdNovember 30, 2021 2:11 pm | By Ben Jealous
USA TODAY: Charlottesville sends message to the hearts of Americans from the heart of the old Confederacy
On November 26, 2021, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous published the following op-ed in USA Today: The 2017 violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, has, for the past four years, made the city shorthand for white supremacist…
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News and AnalysisNovember 30, 2021 1:14 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Blocks Important Biden Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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News and AnalysisNovember 29, 2021 4:37 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Rules that Even US Citizens Cannot Sue Border Agents for Violating their Constitutional Rights: Our Courts, Our Fight
“Our Courts, Our Fight” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties and the need for the Senate to confirm President Biden’s federal court nominees to help counteract these effects .…
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News and AnalysisNovember 29, 2021 1:25 pm | By People For Staff
Ben Jealous on Verdict for Arbery’s Killers
Following the guilty verdicts for the three men who chased down and murdered Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man out for a jog, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous appeared on CNN Live to discuss the case. Later that…
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People For in ActionNovember 24, 2021 9:59 am | By Sarah Medeiros
Norman Lear: “We need each other”
As we near the end of People For the American Way’s 40th year of fighting for equality and justice for all, co-founder Norman Lear reflects on our origins. A television ad and conversations among Lear, the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan,…