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September 29, 2022 10:39 am | By 28188Alabama’s Orwellian Attack on the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court
How’s this for Orwellian logic: Taking the steps necessary to eliminate racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act is itself unconstitutional racial discrimination. That’s basically the argument that Alabama Republicans are using to defend their congressional gerrymandering in a Supreme…
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September 21, 2022 9:09 am | By 41753Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, Defending the Freedom to Learn
People For the American Way is a member of the Banned Books Week coalition, a network of authors, librarians, publishers, booksellers, and anti-censorship activists that sponsors an annual celebration of the freedom to read. This year’s Banned Books Week, which runs…
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September 1, 2022 8:19 am | By 28186Trump Appellate Judges Block Important Public Health Measures under Biden Administration
In three different cases in August, Trump appeals court judges have blocked significant steps under the Biden Administration to help protect public health. These include: 1/ an order by Trump judge Grant blocking an administration requirement that federal contractors ensure that…
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August 29, 2022 12:10 pm | By 28186New Appellate Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Block Local Prosecution of Democratic Attorney General Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Toby Heytens cast the deciding vote to block a grand jury investigation concerning a negative campaign ad run by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, who is a Democrat. Stein’s opponent claimed the ad violated state law. The…
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August 25, 2022 12:08 pm | By 28186Trump Judge Blocks HHS Guidance on Emergency Abortion Care
Trump District judge James Hendrix issued a preliminary injunction that blocked implementation in Texas of guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on abortion care. The guidance states that all hospitals should provide emergency access to abortion…
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August 12, 2022 10:48 am | By 28186Biden-Nominated Judge’s Ruling Ensures Full Relief against Zoo for Cruel and Illegal Animal Mistreatment Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi wrote a 2-1 decision that reversed a lower court and ordered attorneys’’ fee and costs as part of the complete relief against a roadside private zoo that committed cruel mistreatment of animals in violation of federal…
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August 2, 2022 7:56 am | By 28186Biden-Nominated Judge Allows Federal Court Pursuit of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Lucy Koh cast the deciding vote in a 2-1 decision that allowed an individual to pursue in federal court a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Troy Ray Emanuel contended that his counsel in state court improperly…
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August 1, 2022 4:45 pm | By 28186
Biden-Nominated Judge Rules that Students Should Have Chance to Seek Tuition Refund for Cancelled Classes Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi wrote a 2-1 decision that ruled that students who paid tuition for in-person classes should at least have a chance to seek a refund for the portion of a semester in which such classes were cancelled…
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July 28, 2022 3:41 pm | By 28186Trump Judge Blocks Enforcement Nationwide of Air Force COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
Trump District judge Matthew McFarland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that indefinitely blocks enforcement of an Air Force vaccine mandate whenever there is a religious objection. The injunction follows up on another McFarland order that applied to 18 servicemembers who…
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July 27, 2022 11:31 am | By 28186Biden-Nominated Judge Rules that Activist Should Have Chance to Prove Government Officials Improperly Retaliated Against Her Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Veronica Rossman wrote a 2-1 decision allowing an environmental activist to amend her complaint and try to prove that a county commission retaliated against her by getting a county attorney to file criminal charges against her because of her…
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July 25, 2022 11:50 am | By 28186Biden-Nominated Judge Writes Opinion Authorizing Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Toby Heytens wrote a 2-1 decision that reversed a Trump district judge and authorized environmental groups to file suit under the Clean Water Act to challenge harmful pollution. Trump judge Marvin Quattlebaum dissented. The July 2022 decision was…
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July 22, 2022 10:26 am | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes in “Shadow Docket” Order Forcing Continuation of Harmful Trump Immigration Policy
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh cast deciding votes in a 5-4 “shadow docket” order that refused to stay a Trump district judge decision that forced the continuation of a harmful trump immigration policy. All 4 female justices, including…
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July 19, 2022 9:20 am | By 28186Trump Judge Blocks Biden Administration Guidance Seeking to Prevent Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Students and Workers
Trump District judge Charles Atchley of Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction against Biden Administration guidance that attempts to stop discrimination against LGBTQ+ students and workers. This led to a lawsuit by 20 Republican states against the guidance. Atchley issued his…
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June 30, 2022 5:25 pm | By 28188Supreme Court Undermines Our Ability to Protect the Environment and Address Climate Change
On the last day of the term, the Supreme Court severely undermined the American people’s efforts to address climate change and protect the planet’s environment. In fact, the 6-3 majority in West Virginia v. EPA created a new legal doctrine…
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June 30, 2022 10:32 am | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes in “Shadow Docket” Order Harming Minority Voting Rights in Louisiana
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 6-3 “shadow docket” order that put back into place for 2022 a Republican-drawn congressional districting map that had been ruled discriminatory. The ruling follows the…
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June 28, 2022 11:32 am | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes to Devastate Church-State Separation
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 6-3 decision, written by Gorsuch, that aimed a wrecking ball at church-state separation. The ruling contradicted and abolished decades of Establishment Clause precedent. It also…
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June 24, 2022 5:02 pm | By 28188The Far Right Succeeds in Overturning Roe
The Far Right has succeeded: In a devastating ruling, the Supreme Court majority has overturned Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, ultra-conservative justices have eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. In so…
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June 23, 2022 8:50 pm | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes to Significantly Weaken Police Accountability for Improper Interrogation
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 6-3 decision that people cannot try to hold police responsible for misconduct concerning interrogations. The majority ruled that a person interrogated without receiving required Miranda…
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June 23, 2022 3:09 pm | By 28188Far-Right Justices Threaten Us All with Latest Gun Violence Ruling
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, the far-right majority struck down a New York law dating back to 1911 that requires a permit to carry a concealed firearm. The ruling weakens the ability of states…
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June 21, 2022 3:58 pm | By 28188Far-Right Justices Transform Church-State Separation into a Constitutional Violation
The Trump-solidified hard-right majority on the Supreme Court took a grave step in their long-term effort to severely undermine separation between church and state, as well as true religious liberty, in Carson v. Makin. The 6-3 majority’s ruling in the…