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December 18, 2019 6:33 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge Casts Deciding Vote in Lawless Judicial Assault on the ACA: 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. With Trump judge Kurt Engelhardt casting the deciding vote, a divided three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit issued a…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:48 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge James Ho Issues Another Jeremiad Against Abortion Rights
On December 13, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit unanimously struck down Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks. But Trump judge James Ho only concurred in the result in Jackson Women’s Heath v. Dobbs, not in the majority…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:26 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judges Newsom and Grant Overlook Threat of Torture in Ruling Against Asylum Seeker: 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. Immigrants and asylum seekers face extreme hostility from the Trump administration, but they should be able to rely on…
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News and Analysis
December 16, 2019 3:11 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge Katsas Cuts Off Judicial Review of Controversial Family Planning Funding Decisions: 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. Trump judge Gregory Katsas provided the deciding vote in a D.C. Circuit opinion allowing the Trump administration to evade…
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People For in Action
December 16, 2019 10:06 am | By Megan ClendenonDiallo Brooks Speaks on Panels on Gun Violence Prevention and Protecting Our Courts
In early December, PFAW Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks spoke on two conference panels to discuss possible solutions to pressing issues that have plagued our country for years: legislative action on gun violence and the impact…
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News and Analysis
December 13, 2019 10:47 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Dismiss Woman’s Claim That She Was Coerced Into Settling Lawsuit Against Day Care Center for Endangering Her Son: 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. Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Nalbandian cast the deciding vote to affirm a lower court order that dismissed a…
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News and Analysis
December 10, 2019 5:19 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Tries to Reverse Decision Halting Enforcement of State Anti-Loitering Law Aimed at Poor People: 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. Trump 8th Circuit judge David Stras argued in a November dissent in Rodgers v. Bryant that a district court…
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News and Analysis
December 10, 2019 4:55 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Threatens Ability to Prove Workplace Discrimination 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. Trump judge Amul Thapar wrote a 2-1 November decision in Johnson v. Ohio Dep’t of Public Safety that affirmed…
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People For in Action
December 6, 2019 9:15 am | By Megan ClendenonBusiness Must Act Campaign Encourages Companies to Protect their Staff and Shoppers from Gun Violence
Over the last several decades, Americans across the nation have become increasingly affected by the toll of gun violence in our schools, places of worship, and in retail stores, restaurants and other public spaces. In August 2019, 22 people were…
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News and Analysis
December 3, 2019 9:50 am | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judges Try to Reverse Decision Giving Immigrant Another Chance to Get Asylum After Severe Mistreatment by Chinese Government: 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. Five Trump judges on the 9th Circuit—Judges Bennett, Nelson, Bade, Collins, and Lee—joined a dissent in Ming Dai v.…
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News and Analysis
December 2, 2019 3:28 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judges Reverse Prior Decision and Partially Strike Down Lobbyist Disclosure Law: 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. Trump judge David Stras wrote a 6-5 November decision for the full 8th Circuit court of appeals in Calzone…
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News and Analysis
December 2, 2019 2:58 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Tries to Uphold Insurance Company’s Denial of Disability Benefits to Woman with Cancer: 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. Trump 6th Circuit judge Joan Larsen dissented from an October decision in Card v. Principal Life Ins. Co. and…
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News and Analysis
December 2, 2019 12:41 pm | By Elliot MincbergTrump Judge Ignores Facts to Uphold Harsh Sentence: 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. In U.S. v. Smith in October, Trump 5th Circuit Court judge Andrew Oldham cast the deciding vote to uphold…
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Op-Ed
November 27, 2019 6:01 pm | By Bettina RamonRio Tazewell in The Hill: The Push to Impeach Trump “Calls for Mass Action”
Since the beginning of his term, Trump has separated thousands of immigrant children, stuffed the courts with narrow-minded elitists, funneled money from public coffers and foreign countries for his own financial gain, and destroyed our reputation and global alliances. And…
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News and Analysis
November 26, 2019 12:30 pm | By Diane LavioletteTrump Judge Finds Evidence of Repeated Rape and Incest Insufficient to Grant Asylum: 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. In October 2019, Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Kevin Newsom cast the deciding vote affirming the denial of asylum despite…
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News and Analysis
November 25, 2019 1:07 pm | By Paul GordonTrump Judge Bade Would Make Employee Who Lost Discrimination Case Pay Walmart a Quarter of His Salary: 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. A low-income victim of employment discrimination by an enormous corporate employer may be wary of filing a lawsuit, given…
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People For in Action
November 25, 2019 12:40 pm | By Bettina RamonNew Right Wing Watch Report Details Republicans’ Dangerous Voter Suppression Tactics in the Trump Era
A new PFAW Right Wing Watch report on voter suppression, released today, reveals the grand sweep of the right-wing national project to suppress the hard-won right to vote of Americans across the country—a project that accelerated as backlash to the outcome…
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News and Analysis
November 22, 2019 5:35 pm | By Diane LavioletteTrump Judge Affirms the Denial of U.S. Citizen’s Sponsorship of Wife and Ignores U. S. Immigration Services Precedent Decisions: 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. In October 2019, Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Britt Grant cast the deciding vote affirming the denial of a U.S.…
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News and Analysis
November 21, 2019 11:54 am | By Paul Gordon
Trump Judge Bade Would Have Blocked Student’s Disabilities Accommodation Claim: 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. Lindsay Rogers was studying medicine at the Western University of Health Sciences (Western U), and she sued the school…
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People For in Action
November 21, 2019 10:44 am | By Marge BakerCalifornia Senators Say NO to Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominee Patrick Bumatay
On October 15, after two previous nominations to other seats, President Trump nominated Patrick Bumatay to be a United States judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee held VanDyke’s hearing on October 30, and his…