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News and AnalysisOctober 22, 2021 7:51 am | By Elliot Mincberg, Andrew Kliewer
Trump Judge Halts Protections for ICE Detainees at High-Risk from COVID-19: 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 and…
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News and AnalysisOctober 21, 2021 2:27 pm | By Paul Gordon
Biden Exceeds Trump’s Year-End Record on Judges Before Halloween
The repair to the federal courts continues at a rapid pace. With this week’s confirmations of Gustavo Gelpí to the First Circuit, Christine O’Hearn to the district court in New Jersey, and Tana Lin to the Western District of Washington,…
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People For in ActionOctober 20, 2021 5:39 pm | By Sarah Medeiros
Lifting Up Our Voices for Voting Rights: People For, Clergy, and Alyssa Milano Protest at White House
We said we'd be back. On October 19, People For the American Way, the League of Women Voters of the United States, and the Declaration for American Democracy, alongside clergy, young elected officials, and coalition partners, escalated demands for the…
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News and AnalysisOctober 15, 2021 3:26 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Keep in Place Texas’ Near-Total Ban on Abortion: 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-EdOctober 14, 2021 5:50 pm | By Ben Jealous
A Politician’s Shameless Bigotry
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. There’s an old saying about bullies: they can dish it out, but they can’t take it. Witness North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. He abuses his position of authority to insult and…
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News and AnalysisOctober 14, 2021 3:07 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Andrew Kliewer
Trump Judge Dismisses Case Against Prosecutor Accused of Covering Up Sexual Assault: 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 and…
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News and AnalysisOctober 12, 2021 12:02 pm | By People For Staff
We Need President Biden to Lead on Voting Rights: Ben Jealous on MSNBC Live
On MSNBC Live with Alex Witt, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous explains why he got arrested on October 5th - and why we need President Joe Biden to lead on voting rights.
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Op-EdOctober 12, 2021 11:23 am | By Ben Jealous
Why I Went to Jail on October 5
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Sometimes friends have to hold friends accountable. That’s why I got arrested outside the White House on Oct. 5. I was there with other civil rights and religious leaders to call on President…
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News and AnalysisOctober 12, 2021 10:07 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Immunizes Official from Any Liability for Death of Man Suffering From Lung Cancer Who was Taken into Custody: 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 AnalysisOctober 8, 2021 4:47 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Andrew Kliewer
Trump Judges Grant Injunction Against State Law Phasing Out Use of Private Prisons: 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 and…
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People For in ActionOctober 7, 2021 10:57 am | By People For Staff
We’re Fighting For Democracy: People For and Partners Demonstrate at White House
"We're fighting for democracy, we shall not be moved," rang out the call of People For members, staff, and coalition partners on October 5 as they gathered in front of the White House. That day, five voting rights activists were…
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News and AnalysisOctober 5, 2021 8:01 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Kavanaugh Has Been Just As Dangerous As We Feared
October 6 marks a troubling date in recent Supreme Court history – the third anniversary of the then-Republican Senate’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Just as his right-wing followers promised and as progressives feared, in his short…
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News and AnalysisOctober 5, 2021 7:34 am | By Elliot Mincberg, Andrew Kliewer
Trump Judge Dismisses Retaliation Complaint By Non-Profit Employing Disabled People: 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-EdOctober 1, 2021 3:47 pm | By Ben Jealous
Local Governments Can Lead in Public Safety Movement
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Negotiations on a federal police reform bill have collapsed because Congressional Republicans are willing to stand in the way of lifesaving changes to policing. It is time for state and local governments to…
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People For in ActionSeptember 29, 2021 2:36 pm | By Sarah Medeiros
Call the White House in 60 Seconds: People For Action of the Week
Welcome to People For’s Action of the Week, where we give you one thing you can do this week to protect our democracy. The Issue: We still need President Biden to urge the Senate to act on voting rights Democratic…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 28, 2021 12:55 pm | By Peter Montgomery
Celebrating Banned Books Week and the Freedom to Read
Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read, is being commemorated this week at local bookstores and libraries and at online and in-person events organized by members of the Banned Books Week coalition. This year’s theme is “Books Unite Us.…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 28, 2021 12:29 pm | By Sarah Medeiros
How You Can Protect and Defend Abortion Care in the Wake Of Texas Ban
Abortion care has never been at greater risk than it is right now. Watch and share our S.B. 8 explainer on Twitter Watch and share our S.B. 8 explainer to your Instagram story On September 24, the U.S. House of…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 28, 2021 11:39 am | By Paul Gordon
Biden and Senate Democrats Are Setting Records for Judicial Nominations
People For has spent decades focusing on the federal courts because they have an enormous impact on every issue we care about: racial justice, religious liberty, gender justice, LGBTQ+ equality, corporate accountability, and fair elections. A healthy democracy cannot exist…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 28, 2021 7:52 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Senate Committee to Probe Texas Abortion Ban and “Shadow Docket”
On Wednesday September 29, the full Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Texas’ Unconstitutional Abortion Ban and the Role of the Shadow Docket.” We all know about the harmful Texas abortion ban. But just what is the Supreme…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 27, 2021 9:48 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Reverse District Court Decision Protecting Muslim Prisoner’s Religious Exercise 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. Supreme and…