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February 19, 2019 2:32 pm | By 28186Trump’s “Emergency” is Even More Dangerous than Last Month’s Threatened Declaration
In January, two weeks after his partial government shutdown had begun, reports suggested that President Trump would declare a “national emergency” and use it unilaterally to commandeer the funds needed to pay for his border wall. Organizations on all sides…
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February 15, 2019 3:47 pm | By 28188SCOTUS Will Decide if GOP Can Sabotage the 2020 Census and Our Democracy
On February 15, the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case challenging the Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. This is an extremely important case that will have an enormous impact on whether…
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February 8, 2019 1:31 pm | By 28188Kavanaugh Shows Contempt For the Rule of Law in Louisiana Abortion Case
During the night of February 7, the Supreme Court correctly instructed Louisiana that it cannot put its restrictive targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) laws into effect until a lawsuit challenging them can be adjudicated. Louisiana’s law is essentially a…
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February 6, 2019 2:04 pm | By 28188Judiciary Committee Set to Vote on Enormous Number of Unqualified Nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee has a packed agenda for February 7. It will be debating and voting on the critically important nomination of William Barr to be attorney general. By itself, that is enough to take up the entire meeting.…
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January 29, 2019 4:49 pm | ByTrump’s HHS Gives OK to Taxpayer-Funded Agency That Rejects Catholics, Jews, Gays
This post originally appeared on Right Wing Watch. In a move that brought a startling clarity to the end game for “religious liberty” claims made by Religious Right political and legal groups, the Department of Health and Human Services last…
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January 24, 2019 12:46 pm | By 28186Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Supreme Court Justice Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Trump Military Transgender Ban to Go Forward
“Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears” is a blog series documenting the harmful impact of President Trump’s judges on Americans’ rights and liberties. Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cast a deciding vote in a 5-4 decision in January 2019 that dissolved preliminary…
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January 15, 2019 11:47 am | By 28188Census Ruling Shows Why Courts Matter
On January 15, New York federal district judge Jesse Furman ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship to the 2020 Census was made in violation of the law. Progressives and experts focused on the accuracy of the data…
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December 19, 2018 1:00 pm | By 41734Equitable Schools Are Safe Schools
Stopping the scourge of gun violence in our nation's schools, and in all corners of society, is of paramount importance to many Americans. Indeed, after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the call…
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November 16, 2018 2:57 pm | By 28188Chuck Grassley’s Sad Legacy
Chuck Grassley has announced that he will be giving up the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee in the new Senate that will convene in January. History will not be kind to him: In his four years as chairman—two under Obama…
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November 13, 2018 11:10 am | By 28178Takeaways from the Midterm Results
On Election Day this year, progressives scored MAJOR wins across the country. And many elections are so close that the results are still rolling in. But with the close losses and Republicans’ right-wing majority in the Senate it is clear…
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November 1, 2018 9:48 am | By 44533The Declaration for American Democracy
With less than one week to go until the midterms, People For the American Way is pushing pedal to the metal to pull out wins in key states and districts across the country. But in addition to investing in critical…
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Federal UpdateOctober 16, 2018 9:18 am | By 28188
Grassley Tosses Another Precedent Aside to Ram Trump’s Judges Through
The Senate went out on recess last week until after the election so senators can go home and campaign. All the committees postponed any hearings they’d had scheduled for the next month. All committees, that is, but one: Chuck Grassley's…
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August 2, 2018 3:15 pm | By 41734LGBTQ People Go Uncounted—U.S. Needs the Census Equality Act
On July 31, Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Tom Carper of Delaware introduced the Census Equality Act—LGBTQ equality legislation that would require the Census Bureau to address LGBTQ invisibility by adding new questions on sexual orientation and gender…
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July 9, 2018 8:59 pm | By 62609Who is Brett Kavanaugh?
Earlier tonight, President Donald Trump announced his nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Even before Kavanaugh’s name was revealed, Donald Trump made clear…
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June 19, 2018 9:19 am | By 28188Partisan Redistricting: Back to the Trial Court
When the Supreme Court term opened last October, Gill v. Whitford was poised to be a blockbuster case. Instead, the Court has sent the case back to the Wisconsin district court for a new round of arguments. (The Court also…
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Federal UpdateJune 11, 2018 5:57 pm | By 28188
Neil Gorsuch Casts the Deciding Vote Upholding Ohio’s Voter Purge
While much of the nation’s attention is on how Donald Trump is sabotaging America abroad, his Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch used his stolen seat to cast the deciding vote in a 5-4 decision damaging our democracy here at home.…
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June 5, 2018 4:57 pm | By 41734The EMPOWER Act Is an Important Step Toward Addressing Workplace Harassment
On June 5, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska introduced the EMPOWER Act—workplace harassment legislation designed to empower victims, put companies on notice, and spur systemic change. Sen. Harris: Sexual harassment and misconduct…
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May 22, 2018 3:25 pm | By 44533Democrats Push Democracy Reform Package
On Monday Democratic leaders from both the House and Senate introduced the “A Better Deal for Our Democracy” reform package designed to address voting rights, government corruption, and big money in politics—the selling out of our democracy to powerful special…
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April 25, 2018 4:47 pm | By 28191GOP Sweating After Another Big Election Night for Democrats
Democrats made massive gains in the special election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District—the seat recently vacated by Radical Right extremist Trent Franks and one of the deepest red congressional districts imaginable. Republicans held the seat but by a mere 5…
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March 23, 2018 4:19 pm | By 41734Government Funding Package Includes Progressive Wins and Reasons to Keep Resisting
Despite yet another morning tweet tantrum, President Trump has finally signed a full funding package for this year that will keep the government open through September. As a member of the Clean Budget Coalition, People For the American Way applauded…