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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…
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News and AnalysisNovember 26, 2019 12:30 pm | By Diane Laviolette
Trump 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 AnalysisNovember 25, 2019 1:07 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump 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 ActionNovember 25, 2019 12:40 pm | By Bettina Ramon
New 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 AnalysisNovember 22, 2019 5:35 pm | By Diane Laviolette
Trump 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 AnalysisNovember 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 ActionNovember 21, 2019 10:44 am | By Marge Baker
California 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…
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News and AnalysisNovember 19, 2019 9:53 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Tries to Authorize Indefinite Imprisonment of Refugees: 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 Fourth Circuit judge Julius Richardson dissented from an October decision in Chavez v. Hott and argued that the…
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News and AnalysisNovember 18, 2019 4:35 pm | By Diane Laviolette
Trump Judge Casts the Deciding Vote to Affirm Criminal Sentence While Ignoring Statutory Language That Would Reduce the Length of the 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 October 2019, Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote affirming a criminal sentence while ignoring…
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News and AnalysisNovember 18, 2019 11:45 am | By Diane Laviolette
Trump Judges Vote to Deny Full Court Rehearing and Affirm Denial of Damages for Violation of a Prisoner’s First Amendment 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. In October 2019, Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Kevin Newsom, Elizabeth Branch, and Britt Grant voted to deny full court rehearing…
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News and AnalysisNovember 14, 2019 11:40 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judges’ Dissents Send Case on House Subpoena of His Tax Records to Supreme Court: 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. Dissents by Trump D.C. Circuit judges Greg Katsas and Neomi Rao to the full court’s November decision that upholds…
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People For in ActionNovember 14, 2019 9:31 am | By Marge Baker
Judicial Nominee Lawrence VanDyke Is an Unqualified, Ideological Extremist
On October 15, President Trump nominated Lawrence VanDyke 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 committee vote is expected to take place…
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News and AnalysisNovember 13, 2019 2:50 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Barrett, Brennan and Scudder Try to Reconsider Decision That Blocks Improper Parental Notification Requirement in Indiana Abortion 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 7th Circuit judges Amy Coney Barrett, Michael Brennan, and Michael Scudder joined an October dissent that tried to…
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People For in ActionNovember 8, 2019 6:02 pm | By
Trump Republicans’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election Day
What a victory! We’re thrilled to celebrate the big progressive wins in Virginia with progressives and activists, where PFAW pulled out all the stops to FLIP both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly. Now Democrats control the state’s legislature for the…
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Op-EdNovember 7, 2019 10:58 am | By Khizr Khan
Hate Must Not Win in Virginia’s Elections
This post originally appeared on Medium. In a few days on Nov. 5, we voters in Virginia will go to the polls in statewide legislative elections whose results will be widely read as foreshadowing for the presidential race in 2020.…
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Op-EdNovember 7, 2019 10:15 am | By Elliot Mincberg
More Trump Judges on the Federal Bench: A Cause for Alarm, Not Celebration
This post originally appeared on Medium. On November 6, President Trump celebrated the confirmation of his federal judicial nominees as a “milestone” during a press event at the White House. Since he took office, Trump has appointed 43 ultra-conservative judges…
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News and AnalysisNovember 4, 2019 1:30 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump Wants Menashi on the Court That Just Ruled Against Him on His Taxes
On November 4, a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against President Trump’s efforts to block New York state prosecutors from subpoenaing his and his business’s tax records in a criminal inquiry. This is the same court…
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News and AnalysisNovember 4, 2019 1:23 pm | By Diane Laviolette
Trump Judge Casts the Deciding Vote Denying Parents the Benefits for the Accidental Death of Their 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. In September 2019, Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote denying parents insurance benefits for the…
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News and AnalysisNovember 4, 2019 1:14 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Require Public Transit Company to Display Ads Related to Religion: 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 3rd Circuit judge David Porter cast the deciding vote in Northeastern Pennsylvania Freethought Society v. County of Lackawanna…