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January 11, 2023 9:01 am | By 28186Biden Judge Green-Lights Citizens’ Lawsuit Concerning Harmful Mining
Judge Charlotte Sweeney, nominated by President Biden to the District of Colorado, ruled that a citizens’ group and a county can proceed with their claims that a federal agency has improperly delayed taking action against limestone mining that they claim…
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January 9, 2023 10:45 am | By 28186Biden Judge Upholds Important Federal Gun Safety Law
Judge Regina Rodriguez, nominated by President Biden to the District of Colorado, upheld the federal law that prohibits those convicted of a felony from possessing firearms. Specifically, she rejected a motion to dismiss an indictment under the long-standing federal law…
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January 3, 2023 3:45 pm | By 28186Biden Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss and Allows Race Discrimination Claim to Proceed
Judge Sarah Geraghty, nominated by President Biden to the Northern District of Georgia, rejected state officials’ attempts to dismiss a race discrimination claim brought by a Black former graduate student at the University of Georgia. Instead, Arebe Taylor will have…
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December 22, 2022 4:00 pm | By 28188Huge Strides For Our Courts, With More to Come
Senators can be proud of the work they have done these past two years to repair our federal courts. President Biden’s judicial nominees have been confirmed at the second fastest pace we’ve seen in a quarter century. At the circuit…
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December 19, 2022 11:52 am | By 28186Biden Judge Stops Enforcement of Overbroad State Law Restricting Non-Partisan Election Activity
Judge Victoria Calvert, nominated by President Biden as a district judge in the Northern District of Georgia, issued a preliminary injunction to halt Georgia’s enforcement of a restrictive election law against non-partisan groups that do not have the major purpose…
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December 6, 2022 2:17 pm | By 28186Will the Right-Wing Majority Turn the First Amendment into a License to Discriminate?
On December 5, the Supreme Court heard argument in 303 Creative LLC v Elenis. Brought by the far right Alliance Defending Freddom (ADF), the case seeks to create an exemption from a state public accommodations law for a web designer…
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December 5, 2022 3:43 pm | By 28188The Supreme Court Considers a Dangerous Far-Right Power Grab That Threatens Us All
Can far-right state legislatures rig presidential and congressional elections in violation of their own state constitutions? The conservative justices on the Supreme Court may let them do just that in a case being heard December 7. It’s called Moore v.…
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November 28, 2022 9:38 am | By 28186
Decision by Biden Judge Limits Involuntary Confinement of Mentally Ill
Judge Toby Heytens, nominated by President Biden to the Fourth Circuit, wrote an important 2-1 decision that limited the government’s ability to confine indefinitely a mentally ill person being released from prison. Trump judge Julius Richardson dissented in the November…
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November 10, 2022 5:00 pm | By 58192Understanding the History of Policing in America and Police Violence Against Black Communities
People For the American Way’s recent report, All Safe: Transforming Public Safety, provides concrete policy proposals for the transformation and implementation of public safety programs specifically at the local level. Eliminating police violence and improving public safety are vital to…
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October 25, 2022 12:59 pm | By 28186Corporation’s Attempt to Cut Back Whistleblower Protections Blocked by Biden Judge
Judge Gabriel Sanchez, nominated by President Biden to the Ninth Circuit, reversed a lower court that had accepted a corporation’s arguments that would have significantly limited whistleblower protections for workers under California law. Aaron Killgore, who worked for SpecPro Professional…
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October 13, 2022 11:05 am | By 28186
Important Gun Safety Law Reinstated by Biden Judge
Judge Eunice Lee, nominated by President Biden to the Second Circuit, put back into place a New York gun safety law that was stopped by a highly criticized lower court through a temporary injunction. The law sets important limits on…
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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 16, 2022 9:51 am | ByCivil Rights Leader Ben Jealous is on a Mission to Ensure Black Men Get Out to Vote in Midterm Elections
This article is reprinted from theGrio. The People For the American Way, a progressive advocacy organization, found in 2020 that Black men are less likely to cast a ballot in the elections when compared to Black women or their white counterparts because…
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August 12, 2022 10:48 am | By 28186
Biden-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…