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News and AnalysisSeptember 24, 2021 8:58 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Decisions Harming Biden and Congressional Efforts
Below are links to blog posts that discuss decisions by Trump judges since January 2021 that have improperly interfered with initiatives by the current administration to help the American people in areas ranging from COVID-19 recovery to civil rights to…
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People For in ActionSeptember 24, 2021 8:48 pm | By Marge Baker
Launch of “Our Courts, Our Fight”
Since the early days of 2017, People For the American Way's “Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” series has documented the harmful impact of the Trump administration’s appellate and Supreme Court judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Now that the Senate is…
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State and Local UpdateSeptember 23, 2021 3:46 pm | By People For Staff
Virginia: Don’t Sit This Election Out
September 17 marked the start of early voting in Virginia’s statewide elections. Amid a spate of new voter suppression bills nationwide, the Virginia legislature has made positive progress on the freedom to vote in recent years. It’s important that Virginians…
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Op-EdSeptember 23, 2021 1:58 pm | By Ben Jealous
Biden’s Promise for Diverse Judges and Federal Court Diversity
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts with even more anti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges. Stopping the flood of…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 23, 2021 11:53 am | By Elliot Mincberg, Andrew Kliewer
Trump Judge Dismisses Claim of Deliberate Indifference to Painful Dental Condition: 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 judge Michael Park…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 23, 2021 8:34 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Allows Police Search of Car Trunk Without a Warrant Based on Questionable Claim of Consent: 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 Eighth Circuit judge…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 22, 2021 10:14 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Require Consumers Harmed by “Payday” Loans to Abandon Class Action Lawsuit and Arbitrate Individual Claims: 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 Ninth Circuit…
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Op-EdSeptember 20, 2021 2:12 pm | By Ben Jealous
Pass the Freedom to Vote Act
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Time is running out to protect the right to vote in 2022 and beyond. Republican-controlled state legislatures have imposed new voting restrictions. They are getting ready to create more safe congressional seats for…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 20, 2021 9:41 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote Affirming Rejection of Claim that Corporation Violated Minimum Wage Laws: 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 Judge Steven…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 17, 2021 12:43 pm | By Megan Simons
May Her Memory Be a Revolution: Remember Justice Ginsburg
I can still remember the way my heart dropped when I got the news alert on my phone a year ago: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. In the four years preceding the news of Justice Ginsburg's…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 17, 2021 9:26 am | By Paul Gordon
Republicans’ Misleading Attacks On Sung and Robinson Ignore Their Actual Records
The September 14, 2021 confirmation hearing for circuit court nominees Beth Robinson and Jennifer Sung showed Senate Republicans eager to find some reason – any reason – to oppose President Biden’s judicial nominees. Despite their hostile questioning, Republican committee members…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 15, 2021 1:23 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Require Arbitration Determination and Prevent Class Action Against Amazon for Failing to Pay Minimum Wages and Overtime to Drivers: 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 Third Circuit…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 15, 2021 8:37 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Prevent Class Action Lawsuit Seeking Relief for Corporation’s Violation of Consumers’ Privacy 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. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. Trump Ninth Circuit…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 14, 2021 10:54 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Affirm Dismissal of Black Man’s Job Discrimination Case against City Fire Department: 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 Sixth Circuit…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 13, 2021 11:24 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges Keep Draconian Texas Abortion Law in Effect: 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 an…
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News and AnalysisSeptember 11, 2021 3:27 pm | By Paul Gordon
The Work to Restore Our Federal Courts Continues in High Gear
Two days after Labor Day, President Biden announced his seventh slate of highly qualified judicial nominees. With all the pressing issues facing the administration and Congress this fall – including the lawless Texas abortion ban, the continuing assaults on people’s…
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People For in ActionSeptember 10, 2021 5:17 pm | By Sarah Medeiros
People For Sounds the Alarm on the CA Recall with Norman Lear, Dolores Huerta
On September 9, People For members were joined by People For co-founder Norman Lear, People For Board Member Dolores Huerta, Courage California Executive Director Irene Kao, People For President Ben Jealous, and People For Deputy Director of Leadership Programs Markus…
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Op-EdSeptember 10, 2021 1:49 pm | By Ben Jealous
Virginia Voters’ Choice: Forward with Voting Rights Champ for Governor or Backward With Team Trump
This op-ed was distributed by Trice Edney Newswire. Virginia’s voters will pick the state’s next governor in November. The choice couldn’t be clearer, and neither could the national implications of this race in a bellwether state. Not only is the Virginia…
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People For in ActionSeptember 10, 2021 10:29 am | By People For Staff
Stop the California Recall in 60 Seconds: Action of the Week
Welcome to People For’s Action of the Week, where we give you one thing you can do to protect our democracy each week. This week, we’re asking you to help us get out the vote to STOP the California recall…
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Op-EdSeptember 7, 2021 3:00 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
THE HILL: Texas, abortion and the tyranny of the shadow docket
This op-ed was posted in The Hill on September 6, 2021. If there was any doubt about the growing menace of the federal courts’ “shadow docket,” the Supreme Court’s disastrous and opaque ruling allowing an unconstitutional abortion ban to go…