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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…
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June 21, 2022 9:05 am | By 28186
Biden-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 28186
Trump 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…