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News and AnalysisApril 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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News and AnalysisApril 29, 2022 3:25 pm | By 28186
Trump 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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News and AnalysisApril 29, 2022 11:08 am | By 28186
House 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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News and AnalysisApril 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…
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News and AnalysisApril 21, 2022 9:49 am | By 28186
Trump Judge Mask Mandate Ruling Harms CDC Ability to Prevent and Combat Pandemics
Trump Florida District judge Kathryn Mizelle struck down on Easter Monday the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) mask requirement. The rule provides that passengers and employees wear masks on airplanes and other public transport methods because of COVID-19. Based on…
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News and AnalysisApril 7, 2022 9:28 am | By 28186
Trump Justices Cast Deciding “Shadow Docket” Votes to Reinstate Trump Rule and Harm Clean Water Protection
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett cast deciding votes in a 5-4 shadow docket ruling that harmed the ability of states to enforce the Clean Water Act (CWA). The order reinstates a Trump rule that threatens…
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News and AnalysisApril 5, 2022 10:12 am | By 28186
Trump Judges Issue Three More Rulings Damaging Biden Efforts to Protect Public Health and National Security, and to Reform Harmful Immigration Policies
During March, Trump-nominated district court judges issued three more rulings that interfere with Biden Administration actions. These included two immigration-related orders and a decision stopping enforcement of Air Force COVID-19 vaccination requirements. These rulings continue the disturbing pattern of Trump…
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News and AnalysisApril 4, 2022 4:24 pm | By 28188
Graham Says Judge Jackson Would Not Have Come Before a Republican-Controlled Judiciary Committee
While the Senate Judiciary Committee was debating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Sen. Lindsey Graham confirmed what many people suspected: If Republicans win control of the Senate this fall, qualified nominees like Judge Jackson won’t get…
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News and AnalysisMarch 31, 2022 6:46 pm | By 41734
Weaponizing Survivors’ Stories to Attack Judge Jackson
Throughout her Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson showed the grace under pressure that is an integral component of judicial temperament. Some of the same senators who had promised respect offered up baseless “soft on crime” smears of…
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News and AnalysisMarch 30, 2022 4:09 pm | By 97341
Federal Agencies Helping to Protect and Expand Voting Rights
All levels of government have a role to play in defending our democracy, from town councils all the way to the president. Last March, President Biden issued an executive order, Promoting Access to Voting, directing “an all-of-government effort to promote…
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News and AnalysisMarch 29, 2022 11:27 am | By 28188
Judge Jackson’s Hearing Showcased Her Brilliance, Strength, and Endurance
What Happened During Judge Jackson’s Hearing Those who watched Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing last week will be glad to know that she is on the path to confirmation as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The hearing…
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News and AnalysisMarch 28, 2022 9:28 am | By 28186
Trump Justices Help Supreme Court Majority to Harm Minority Voting Rights in Shadow Docket Ruling
Trump Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett formed a key part of a Supreme Court majority that issued an unsigned opinion that harmed minority voting rights. The decision, a “shadow docket” ruling issued without full briefing or…
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News and AnalysisMarch 25, 2022 12:40 pm | By 75043
A Note from People For President on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Hearings
I wanted to write up a quick post as this eventful and historic week wraps up, and to say thank you to all those who support our work – your time, activism, and generosity make everything we do to pursue…
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News and AnalysisMarch 25, 2022 10:10 am | By 44533
57 Years Ago on This Day: Dr. King and Fellow Marchers Arrive in Montgomery
The Original Voting Rights Act’s Signing President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965, outlawing the many discriminatory practices that had been adopted after the Civil War to prevent formerly enslaved people and their…
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News and AnalysisMarch 23, 2022 12:00 pm | By 28186
First Two Days of Judge Jackson Hearings Show She Clearly Belongs on the Supreme Court
Just watching the first two days of the hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court proved exhausting. Imagine how she must have felt after enduring eighteen hours – thirteen on Tuesday alone! Nevertheless, Jackson was truly…
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News and AnalysisMarch 18, 2022 5:39 pm | By 97341
Harsh Texas Voting Law Sows Confusion
Texas held its primary on March 1st, officially beginning the 2022 midterm election season. With many new restrictive voting laws in effect across the country, this early primary provides voting rights advocates the opportunity to see what they might be…
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News and AnalysisMarch 17, 2022 12:04 pm | By 28186
What’s At Stake with the Supreme Court and the Nomination of Judge Jackson: LGBTQ+ Rights
Over the last decade and more, Supreme Court decisions have produced important progress for LGBTQ+ rights, including on marriage equality and employment opportunity. Significant dangers lie ahead, however, thanks to the recent addition of three Trump justices. There's one troubling…
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News and AnalysisMarch 15, 2022 2:18 pm | By 28188
Public Defenders Like Judge Jackson Protect All of Us
One of the many reasons to be excited about Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court is that, for the first time, we will have a justice with experience as a public defender. Earlier in her career, she represented…
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News and AnalysisMarch 15, 2022 10:45 am | By 28186
What’s At Stake with the Supreme Court and the Nomination of Judge Jackson: Voting Rights
Hearings on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever nominated to the Supreme Court, will begin next week. After she joins the Court later this year, it will continue to hear crucial cases that affect all of us.…
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News and AnalysisMarch 9, 2022 9:10 am | By 28186
What’s At Stake with the Supreme Court: Threats to Public Health and the Environment
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to meet with Senators in advance of the March 21 hearings on her ground-breaking nomination to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the Court continues to consider cases that will directly impact our daily lives. One key…