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September 28, 2023 6:41 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydHistory Shows Attacks on Education Cannot Be Ignored
The old saying goes, “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” Well, some people today are certainly learning the wrong lessons from the past. On September 27, 1958, voters in Arkansas—spurred on by an extremist governor and groups…
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September 27, 2023 3:19 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Provides Deciding Vote to Reject EPA Rule Exempting Drilling and Other Temporary Operations from Air Pollution Regulation
Judge Veronica Rossman, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that vacated an EPA rule allowing Colorado to exempt oil drilling and other temporary operations…
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September 26, 2023 11:41 am | By Miranda Jayne BoydPush Back Against Book Banning with People For’s Banned Books Challenge
Book banning is on the rise, and authoritarian attacks on the freedom to learn seem to be coming from all around us. The American Library Association (ALA) has tracked “695 attempts to censor library materials and services and documented challenges…
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September 22, 2023 4:14 pm | By Rio TazewellWhy We Must Urge the House to Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is designed to stop voter suppression, and it was just reintroduced to Congress this week. This critically important legislation reinstates key provisions of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the Supreme…
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September 22, 2023 1:36 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydVoting Rights On the Line: Five Reasons We Must Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
This week the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) was reintroduced in Congress. The bill, named after the civil rights icon John Lewis, will be critically important in pushing back the rising tide of recently enacted voter restrictions and…
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September 20, 2023 10:01 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judges Reverse Lower Court Ruling Upholding Extension of Traffic Stop to Conduct Search and Seizure Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judges Lucy Koh and Roopali Desai, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, wrote a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court that upheld a police search and seizure of drugs and a…
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September 20, 2023 9:59 am | By Peter MontgomeryWill Alabama, Right-Wing Dark Money, and the Supreme Court Deliver the Dobbs of Voting Rights?
The right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly weakened voting rights protections in the 10 years since it gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act in the notorious Shelby County v. Holder opinion. That opinion opened…
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September 19, 2023 9:59 am | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Give Family of Man Shot by Police their Day in Court on Wrongful Death Claim
Judge Holly Thomas, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court and allowed the wife and mother of a man shot…
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September 18, 2023 3:49 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Peter Montgomery, Miranda Jayne BoydTrump Judge Pens Disturbing Opinion Comparing Child Bearing People to Animals in the Wild
Last month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a decision that partially vacated a previous (and awful) decision by Judge Matthew Kaczmaryk that had effectively overturned the FDA’s approval of abortion drug mifepristone. The three-judge panel…
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September 7, 2023 10:41 am | By Peter MontgomeryMike Huckabee and Other Right-Wing Leaders Escalate Threats of Electoral Violence
Former Arkansas governor and failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made a striking prediction on a recent episode of his Trinity Broadcasting Network show, warning that if former President Donald Trump fails to win the 2024 election because of his criminal indictments, “it…
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September 6, 2023 5:08 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judges Rule that Insurance Company and Lower Court Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits to Army Veteran
Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion joined by Biden nominee John Lee that ruled that an insurance company and a lower court had improperly denied…
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September 6, 2023 2:59 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Miranda Jayne BoydFAQs About Alabama’s Congressional Map Controversy
The congressional map in Alabama is getting national attention yet again, this time after a panel of judges threw out the latest version of the map. It’s déjà vu all over again since earlier this year the Supreme Court weighed…
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September 5, 2023 1:41 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judge Gives Victim of Police Misconduct an Opportunity to Pursue his Claims
Judge Doris Pryor, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a lower court and gave a victim of serious police misconduct the opportunity to go forward with…
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September 5, 2023 11:58 am | By Miranda Jayne BoydWe Asked Some of Our Supporters What They Thought of the First GOP Presidential Debate, and the Results Spoke Volumes
We watched the first GOP debate, and we certainly had our own thoughts about how it went. But we wanted to know what our members and supporters thought, so we asked them. The responses we got ranged from clever commentary…
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September 5, 2023 11:04 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Biden Judges’ Opinion Upholds Full Damages Award Against Corporate Official who Committed Fraud Despite Trump Judge Dissent
Judge Alison Nathan, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a 2-1 opinion joined by Biden nominee Judge Sarah Merriam that upheld a $39 million damages award against an investor and business…
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August 31, 2023 1:00 pm | By Miranda Jayne BoydGrandparents For Truth Needs Your Help to Recall Extremist School Board Members in Temecula
Grandparents For Truth is all about defending the rights of students to learn the truth and feel safe while doing it. So, when school boards fail in their responsibility to provide honest instruction and safe environments, Grandparents For Truth takes…
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August 29, 2023 4:28 pm | By Elliot MincbergBiden Judge Writes Unanimous Opinion That Corporation Can be Liable For Failing to Safeguard Personally Identifying Information From Improper Hacking
Judge Beth Robinson, nominated by President Biden to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, wrote a unanimous opinion that reversed a district court and ruled that a class action could be brought against a large corporation for…
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August 24, 2023 3:31 pm | By Peter Montgomery
Republican Debaters Back Abortion Bans, Pledge to Vote for Trump Even if Convicted
Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate highlighted the ongoing hold that former President Donald Trump still has over the party and the presidential race. Trump decided to protect his current polling lead by staying away and trying to upstage his challengers…
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August 18, 2023 6:21 pm | By Miranda Jayne Boyd
Grandparents For Truth Stands with Trans Kids in Temecula Schools Against Forced Outing by School Officials
Extremist Temecula Valley school board members–whom we’ve written about previously for their attempts to deny students social studies textbooks simply because they contained LGBTQ content, and who are facing a recall effort due to their radical ideologies–are at it again.…
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August 15, 2023 6:25 pm | By Elliot Mincberg, Miranda Jayne BoydFAQs About Yet Another Trump Indictment, in Georgia This Time
Well, Donald Trump was indicted again, this time in Georgia. To clear up any confusion about this latest Trump indictment and how it relates to the previous charges, we once again turned to People For Senior Counsel Elliot Mincberg to…