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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…
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June 21, 2022 9:05 am | By 28186Biden-Nominated Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Give Worker the Chance to Prove Age Bias Case Despite Trump Judge Dissent: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Candace Jackson-Akiwumi cast the deciding vote that overturned a Trump district judge in an age discrimination case. The Seventh Circuit panel held that a worker who provided evidence that he was continually harassed because of his age should…
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June 13, 2022 9:51 am | By 28186Trump Judge Again Forces Biden Administration to Continue Restrictive Trump Immigration Enforcement Policy
For the third time, Trump District judge Drew Tipton invalidated a Biden Administration immigration reform and ordered it to continue a restrictive Trump immigration enforcement policy. Tipton overturned a policy focusing enforcement on dangerous immigrants, as opposed to those who…
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June 9, 2022 7:37 am | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes to Significantly Limit Accountability for Misconduct by Border Agents Even Against US Citizens
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 6-3 decision that made it much harder for even US citizens to seek damages and accountability from US Border Patrol (CBP) agents for harmful misconduct.…
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June 6, 2022 1:13 pm | By 28186Who is Michael Luttig and Why Should You Care that He Will Testify Before the January 6 Committee?
Recent headlines have proclaimed that retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig will be a “blockbuster” witness this month in public hearings before the House Select Committee on January 6. But just who is Michael Luttig? And why is it important…
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May 31, 2022 4:09 pm | By 28186
Biden-Nominated Judge Overturns Trump Judge and Rules that Insurrectionists Can be Barred from Holding Public Office: Our Courts, Our Fight
Biden-nominated Judge Toby Heytens wrote a decision that overturned a Trump district judge and held that citizens and states can act to bar people who take part in an insurrection as on January 6 from holding public office. The case…
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May 24, 2022 5:12 pm | By 28186Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes to Seriously Weaken the Constitutional Right to Counsel
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 6-3 decision that made it much harder for people to uphold their constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in criminal cases. The majority ruled…
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May 23, 2022 5:02 pm | By 28186Trump Judge Forces Biden Administration to Continue Restrictive Trump Asylum Policy
As threatened earlier, Trump District judge Robert Summerhays ordered the Biden Administration to continue an extremely restrictive Trump asylum policy. That policy (referred to as Title 42) requires immediate expulsion of immigrants, including those seeking asylum. The May 2022 preliminary…
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May 16, 2022 7:18 pm | By 28188Supreme Court Majority Cuts Off Key Immigration Decisions From Judicial Review
In a 5-4 decision in Patel v. Garland, the far-right Supreme Court has made life harder for immigrants who thought they could turn to our courts to protect their rights. In this case, an immigration official ruled that Indian citizen…
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May 16, 2022 1:41 pm | By 28188Far-Right Supreme Court Opens the Door For Even More Corruption Through Campaign Contributions
The far-right Supreme Court majority has issued yet another ruling undermining efforts to address corrupt dealings through campaign contributions. This time, the Court has given special interests an opening to enrich the personal wealth of elected officials. The May 2022…
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May 9, 2022 12:07 pm | By 28188Trump Judges Let Florida Voter Suppression Law Go Back Into Effect
Three Trump judges on the Eleventh Circuit let Florida’s latest voter suppression law stay in effect pending an appeal. They stayed a lower court ruling that had found the provisions of SB90 to be intentionally discriminatory, and which had ordered…
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May 4, 2022 10:54 am | By 28188Senate Committee Looks Into Judicial Ethics and Responds to the Leaked Alito Draft
A May 2 congressional committee hearing on the need for ethics reform in the federal courts could not have been better timed: It was hours after the leaked draft majority opinion by Justice Alito that would, if adopted, overrule Roe…
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April 29, 2022 4:06 pm | By 28188
Supreme Court Majority Takes Away Key Remedy For Illegal Discrimination
In late April the Supreme Court’s far-right majority issued another harmful 6-3 decision undercutting congressional laws passed to protect people from discrimination. In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, the Court ruled that when someone violates certain civil rights laws protecting…
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April 29, 2022 3:25 pm | By 28186Trump Judge Blocks Biden Repeal of Restrictive Trump Immigration Policy
Trump District judge Robert Summerhays of Louisiana issued a nationwide order that stopped the Biden Administration from taking steps to rescind a very restrictive Trump immigration policy. That policy (referred to as Title 42) requires immediate expulsion of immigrants, even…
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April 29, 2022 11:08 am | By 28186House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Explores Alternatives on Supreme Court Ethics Reform
On April 27, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts held an important hearing on “Building Confidence in the Supreme Court through Ethics and Recusal Reforms.” The hearing featured testimony from ethics experts who further documented the need for such…
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April 28, 2022 3:27 pm | By 28188“There They Go Again” – The Far Right Predictably Attacks Nancy Abudu
Most people across America recoiled with disgust when they saw Senate Republicans’ horrific mistreatment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. But their base loved it. So a month later, those senators were at it again, at a confirmation hearing for Eleventh…