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News and AnalysisFebruary 7, 2020 10:42 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Excuses Harassment by High School Teacher and Football Coach: 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 judge Chad…
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People For in ActionFebruary 7, 2020 9:53 am | By Charlie Everett
Activists Rally Across the Country to Reject the Cover-Up in the Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump
On February 5, People For the American Way members and other activists rallied in Washington, D.C. and in 300 communities across the country to denounce the failure of the Senate to remove Donald Trump from office. From the very beginning…
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Op-EdFebruary 5, 2020 4:30 pm | By Diallo Brooks
Impeachment Is Over, But Don’t Despair
The Senate failed to do their job — but ordinary citizens can’t fail to do ours. This post originally appeared on OtherWords.org. Hours before the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for using the power of his office to sabotage…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 4, 2020 10:30 am | By
The Sorry State of Our Union
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address will give him one more opportunity to deliver his favorite bogus claims about how everything in the U.S. under his leadership is bigger than ever, better than ever, stronger than ever. In reality, Trump…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 3, 2020 4:07 pm | By Bettina Ramon
We Must Reject Trump’s Anti-African, Anti-Muslim Muslim Ban Expansion
Three years after Donald Trump banned travel to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries, his administration announced on January 31 that he is extending the ban to immigrants from Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Tanzania, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. This expansion, which…
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Op-EdJanuary 31, 2020 11:10 am | By Bettina Ramon
Paul Gordon in Newsweek: Republican Party Has Become “Cult of Personality” for Trump
In a new op-ed in Newsweek, PFAW Senior Legislative Counsel Paul Gordon responded to Alan Dershowitz’s disturbing defense of the president and emphasized that Trump must be held accountable for his abuses of power during today’s Senate impeachment trial. Gordon…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 31, 2020 10:16 am | By Megan Clendenon
Former PFAW Senior Fellow and Then-Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin on a Constitutional Amendment to Citizens United
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United unleashed a flood of corporate money into American politics, giving corporations and wealthy donors free rein to influence our elections. On February 6, 2020, the Democracy for All Amendment, a…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 12:59 pm | By Charlie Everett
Activists Rally in Phoenix to Call on Sen. McSally to Demand a Fair Impeachment Trial
On January 29, People For the American Way members, local activists, and Arizona state legislators attended a rally outside of the Arizona Capitol to demand that Republican Senator Martha McSally support calling witnesses and including documents in Trump’s Senate impeachment…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 12:39 pm | By Megan Clendenon
Activists March to the Capitol to Demand Witnesses in Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial
On January 29, People For the American Way staffers joined hundreds of activists at the Hart Senate Office Building for a silent protest and march to the Capitol to demand that senators vote to include witnesses and documents as evidence…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 30, 2020 11:45 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Dershowitz Claim Proves the Need for Witnesses at Senate Impeachment Trial
Many have justly criticized the chilling theory advanced by Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz that a Presidential quid pro quo to advance a President’s vision of the public interest to help him get re-elected is permissible and not impeachable. But Dershowitz…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 9:40 am | By Charlie Everett
Activists Rally in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids to Call on Sen. Ernst to Demand a Fair Impeachment Trial
On January 28, People For the American Way members and other activists rallied outside of Republican Senator Joni Ernst’s district offices in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids to demand that the senator vote to include key witnesses, including John Bolton,…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 29, 2020 4:35 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Tries to Give White Voters Another Chance to Prove Racial Discrimination 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. Cases in the series can be found by issue and by judge at this link. Trump Fifth Circuit judge James…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 29, 2020 10:42 am | By Diane Laviolette
Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Vote to Allow Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Public Charge Rule to Move Forward: 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. On January 27, 2020, in…
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Op-EdJanuary 28, 2020 3:45 pm | By Airiel Herrera
Andrew Gillum: “We can’t let voter suppression win in 2020”
With the clock already ticking fast toward the 2020 elections, voter participation and voter suppression are a key focus for progressives. Make no mistake -- these anti-democratic voter suppression tactics are designed by the GOP to suppress the votes of…
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Op-EdJanuary 28, 2020 11:00 am | By Airiel Herrera
Elliot Mincberg in The Hill: “January’s anniversaries show us why federal courts matter”
In a new op-ed featured in The Hill, PFAW Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg reflects on three back-to-back days in January – MLK Day and the anniversaries of Supreme Court decisions Roe v. Wade and Citizens United v. FEC – and…
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People For in ActionJanuary 27, 2020 2:32 pm | By Megan Clendenon
Presidential Candidates Call for Constitutional Amendment to Address Campaign Finance Reform at Iowa Forum
Held two days before the 10-year mark of Citizens United, the PFAW “We the People 2020” presidential forum on January 19 in Des Moines, Iowa emphasized the wide-ranging impact that the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United has had on our democracy. A constitutional amendment…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 27, 2020 10:27 am | By Diane Laviolette
Trump Judge Would Allow President to Violate Separation of Powers to Limit the Entry of Immigrants: 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 December 2019, Trump Ninth Circuit…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 26, 2020 10:20 am | By Diane Laviolette
Trump Judges Would Have Allowed Death Penalty Despite Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: 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 December 2019, Trump Ninth…
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News and AnalysisJanuary 24, 2020 2:33 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump Judges Allow Georgia Prison’s Limitation on Beards Despite the Impact on Muslim Men: 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 judges Robert Luck…
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People For in ActionJanuary 22, 2020 3:15 pm | By Bettina Ramon
Presidential Candidates Discuss Fair Courts at Democracy Reform Forum
After three years of Trump’s ongoing assault on our federal judiciary, the courts have become an especially salient issue in the 2020 presidential election. Yet in previous presidential debates and other events, candidates have seldom been asked to outline their…