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News and AnalysisJuly 31, 2019 5:52 pm | By Paul Gordon
Trump Judge Allison Eid Omits Key Facts to Rule for Corporation in Mine Safety Case: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
In July, Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote and authored the opinion in a 2-1 panel ruling that overturned a citation for unapproved safety equipment at a Colorado coal mine. Peabody Twentymile Mining v. Secretary of Labor…
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News and AnalysisJuly 31, 2019 5:46 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Circuit Judges Vote to Keep Domestic Gag Rule in Effect: 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. Two Trump 9th Circuit judges, Eric Miller and Kenneth Lee, cast key votes in a 7-4 July decision that keeps…
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News and AnalysisJuly 31, 2019 4:18 pm | By Surya Swaroop
Trump’s Anti-Environment, Pro-Big Business Judges
Despite the urgent threat that climate change poses for people in the U.S. and around the world, Trump continues to nominate judges with appalling records on environmental issues, including rulings that put big business profits before people and that limit…
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News and AnalysisJuly 30, 2019 4:45 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Circuit Judges Reaffirm Decision Undermining Fair Housing Act: 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. All five Trump judges on the 5th Circuit judges – Judges James Ho, Don Willett, Kyle Duncan, Kurt Engelhardt, and…
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People For in ActionJuly 30, 2019 3:23 pm | By Tori Slatton
Democracy For All Amendment Reintroduced by Senators Udall and Shaheen
The Supreme Court’s damaging 2010 ruling in Citizens United enabled corporations and wealthy donors to spend unlimited amounts of undisclosed money to influence elections. Since then, outside election spending has skyrocketed, with nearly $1.1 billion spent on the 2018 midterm…
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People For in ActionJuly 29, 2019 5:00 pm | By Bettina Ramon
#VoteTheCourts2020: Elizabeth Warren Promises to Nominate “Fair-Minded Constitutionalist Judges”
When the 2020 presidential primary began to take shape, PFAW began urging presidential primary candidates to highlight the importance of fair-minded constitutionalists serving on our federal courts. Especially as Trump’s narrow-minded, elitist judicial nominees are being confirmed at breakneck pace—and…
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People For in ActionJuly 29, 2019 4:06 pm | By Marge Baker
Vote No on Judicial Nominees Who Refuse to Affirm Brown v. Board
Senators are expected to vote the week of July 29 on 11 more Trump judicial nominees who have refused to affirm that the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided—a core belief that is indispensable…
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People For in ActionJuly 29, 2019 3:42 pm | By Marge Baker
Judicial Nominee Stephanie Haines’ Testimony Suggests Anti-Trans Bias
On March 5, President Trump nominated Stephanie Haines to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Haines' hearing on April 10 and reported her to the full Senate on May 9.…
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News and AnalysisJuly 29, 2019 11:37 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Trump Justices Cast Key Votes to Allow Construction on Border Wall: 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. On July 26, in an unsigned order in Trump v. Sierra Club, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow…
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Federal UpdateJuly 26, 2019 5:50 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
House Judiciary Committee Lawsuit Confirms that Committee Has Undertaken Impeachment Inquiry
According to news reports and the filing itself, just two days after former special counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony, the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) has filed on July 26 a lawsuit in which it states that "articles of impeachment are…
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News and AnalysisJuly 26, 2019 5:36 pm | By Paul Gordon
Judge Who Blocked Trump’s Asylum Case Shows Why the Courts Are So Important
When a lawless president, aided by his lawless cabinet, abuses his power to target a group in flagrant violation of the law, what is to stop him? It is our judicial system, as federal district judge Jon Tigar reminded us…
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News and AnalysisJuly 26, 2019 10:23 am | By Tori Slatton
Trump’s Expansion of Expedited Removal is State-Sanctioned Racial Profiling
On July 22, the Trump administration made an abrupt and dramatic decision to expand DHS authority for expedited removal, a deportation procedure that bypasses the due process protections granted to most immigrants, including the right to an attorney and to…
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News and AnalysisJuly 24, 2019 2:19 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Mueller Hearing: House Judiciary Committee Spotlights Trump’s Obstruction of Justice
The July 24 House Judiciary Committee hearing with former Special Counsel Robert Mueller was riveting. As former Chief Oversight Counsel to the Committee, I was particularly impressed with Democratic members’ effective and coordinated questioning, which brought to life the serious…
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Op-EdJuly 23, 2019 4:52 pm | By Peter Montgomery
For Trump, Racism is an Election Strategy. For the Republican Right, it’s a Path to Power.
This post originally appeared on Medium. Most Republican leaders sat in shameful silence after President Trump told four women of color in the House of Representatives — three of them born in the U.S — to “go back” to the…
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News and AnalysisJuly 23, 2019 4:15 pm | By Peter Montgomery
Right Recalls Bork Battle While Trump Judges Are Making ‘Bork’s America’ a Harsh Reality
This post was originally published on Right Wing Watch. “Justice on Trial,” a new book by conservative pundit Mollie Hemingway and right-wing judicial activist Carrie Severino, purports to tell what the Heritage Foundation’s Daily Signal calls “the true, behind-the-scenes story…
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People For in ActionJuly 23, 2019 2:23 pm | By Jen Herrick
Amid Racist Attacks, We Stand with YEO Network Members Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
While racism has always been a shameful fixture in American life, it’s impossible to untangle the current administration's rampant bigotry from the recent rise in white supremacist hate. This disturbing trend hits especially close to home at People For the…
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People For in ActionJuly 22, 2019 5:07 pm | By Jen Herrick
So-Called “Religious Exemption” Will Harm Children and Families and Violate Religious Freedom
On February 14, People For the American Way and PFAW's African American Ministers In Action urged the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider its decision to exempt federally funded foster care and adoption agencies in South Carolina, which…
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News and AnalysisJuly 22, 2019 1:25 pm | By Elliot Mincberg
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Prosecution of Woman for Manslaughter due to Prenatal Drug Use
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. On July 5, Trump 8th Circuit judge David Stras cast the deciding vote in United States v. Flute that a…
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News and AnalysisJuly 22, 2019 9:33 am | By Elliot Mincberg
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Circuit Judge Casts Deciding Vote on Ordinance that Bans Speech and Harms Homeless Community
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump 10th Circuit judge Allison Eid cast the deciding vote in a July decision to approve a city ordinance that…
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People For in ActionJuly 22, 2019 8:59 am | By Marge Baker
Judicial Nominees Should Be Committed to Brown v. Board—Oppose Wendy Berger
On April 10, 2018, President Trump nominated Wendy Berger to be a federal judge in the Middle District of Florida. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Berger's hearing on October 17, 2018 and reported her to the full Senate on February…