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News and AnalysisDecember 23, 2019 10:55 am | By Paul Gordon
Trump Judges on Eleventh Circuit Dismiss Suit to Protect Birmingham’s Minimum Wage 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. When the city of Birmingham raised the local minimum wage, the state quickly responded with a law nullifying the…
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People For in ActionDecember 22, 2019 2:05 pm | By Bettina Ramon
Klobuchar, Buttigieg Discuss Their Criteria for Judicial Nominees During December Debate
During the sixth Democratic presidential debate on December 19, Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg shared their criteria for nominating federal judges and Supreme Court justices. Debate moderator Judy Woodruff noted that most of the…
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News and AnalysisDecember 20, 2019 10:43 am | By Elliot Mincberg
How Trump Judges Are Trying to Repeal the New Deal
For many years, an important far-right objective has been to dismantle the New Deal’s social safety net. The New Deal, a set of programs established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s, gave Americans urgently needed relief, reform and…
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News and AnalysisDecember 19, 2019 10:15 am | By Diallo Brooks
Trump Judges’ Rulings Are Dangerous for People of Color
Nearly three years into Donald Trump’s presidential term, it’s clear that his judicial nominations and confirmations are a key part of his agenda to undo decades of social progress that have expanded our collective rights, protections, opportunities and ability to…
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People For in ActionDecember 19, 2019 10:08 am | By Bettina Ramon
Interactive Digital Tool Highlights Trump Judges’ Impact
In the nearly three years since Donald Trump took office, he has nominated (and Senate Republicans have confirmed) two Supreme Court justices, 50 appellate court judges, and 120 district court judges to lifetime positions. Once on the bench, these judges…
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People For in ActionDecember 19, 2019 9:58 am | By Megan Clendenon
PFAW Joins Allies and Activists to Call for Trump’s Impeachment and Removal
On December 18, a crowd of activists and progressive organizations gathered outside the Capitol to show Congress that Americans are demanding that Donald Trump be impeached and removed from office for his abuse of power. Bearing signs that read “Impeach…
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News and AnalysisDecember 18, 2019 6:33 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 16, 2019 3:48 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 16, 2019 3:26 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 16, 2019 3:11 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump 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 ActionDecember 16, 2019 10:06 am | By Megan Clendenon
Diallo 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 AnalysisDecember 13, 2019 10:47 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 10, 2019 5:19 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 10, 2019 4:55 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 ActionDecember 6, 2019 9:15 am | By Megan Clendenon
Business 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 AnalysisDecember 3, 2019 9:50 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 2, 2019 3:28 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 2, 2019 2:58 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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 AnalysisDecember 2, 2019 12:41 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump 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-EdNovember 27, 2019 6:01 pm | By Bettina Ramon
Rio 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…