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February 22, 2017 9:14 am | By 53561CPAC Organizers Condemn Racism, Invite Racists to CPAC
A planned speech at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference about the “dangers of the racist Alt-Right comes just as its adherents are finding success in shaping President Trump’s ideas and his White House team,” writes People For Senior Research…
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February 19, 2017 9:10 pm | By 28188Real People, Real Lives: The Harm Caused By Judge Gorsuch
When Donald Trump was running for president, he outsourced his future selection of potential Supreme Court nominees to two right wing organizations, the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. They provided him a list of 21 people who were acceptable…
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February 17, 2017 2:57 pm | By 53562Koch-Connected Group Targets Sen. Tester on the Supreme Court, But Montanans Support Tester’s Efforts to Protect Our Democracy
The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative organization that led opposition to former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, launched a $10 million multi-state advertising campaign last month to support the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.…
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February 17, 2017 1:50 pm | By 28186The Latest Decision Against Trump’s Travel Ban—And What It Shows About Why Neil Gorsuch Should Not Be on the Supreme Court
Earlier this week, Judge Leonie Brinkema of the federal district court in Virginia joined the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in ruling against President Trump’s executive order imposing a dangerous travel ban targeting Muslims. In several respects, her decision was…
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February 16, 2017 3:03 pm | By 41753Alliance for Justice Report Finds Gorsuch ‘Not Qualified’ for Supreme Court
The Alliance for Justice, a longtime People For the American Way ally in advocating for a federal judiciary that protects all Americans’ constitutional and legal rights, has published a new in-depth examination of the record of Supreme Court nominee Neil…
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February 16, 2017 10:54 am | By 53561Mitch McConnell on Gorsuch: “We’ll have to get 60 votes.”
President Trump is calling on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to “go nuclear” in order to confirm his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. And the far Right may think that they have found their dream candidate to fill his stolen…
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February 15, 2017 9:41 am | By 53562#StopGorsuch: Trump’s Nominee Would be a Nightmare for Women
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Antonin Scalia, has been referred to as “Scalia with a smile.” But his record shows that for women, his smile is more of a sneer. On a range…
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February 14, 2017 6:07 pm | By 43665Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Represents a Real Threat to Women Workers
This Thursday the Senate is expected to hold a hearing on Andy Puzder’s nomination to lead the Department of Labor. In addition to his regressive views on workers’ rights in general, Puzder has demonstrated a blatant disregard for the rights,…
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February 13, 2017 5:36 pm | By 28188How Many Deceptions Can Chuck Grassley Fit in Just One Statement?
With apologies to Burger King, Senator Chuck Grassley has once again shown that he may be the king of the whoppers. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee was on Fox News this morning discussing whether Neil Gorsuch will have the…
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February 13, 2017 4:02 pm | By 43581Like DeVos, Gorsuch Fails to Understand Laws Protecting Students with Disabilities
During her confirmation hearing for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos was utterly unprepared to answer questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which covers nearly 6.5 million students across the country. Although DeVos is unqualified for the position,…
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February 13, 2017 3:43 pm | By 43665Six Things You Can Do To Protect Fundamental Rights and #StopGorsuch
Last month President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a judge who has dependably acted to protect the interests of big businesses at the expense of ordinary Americans, to serve as a Supreme Court justice. Judge Gorsuch’s record shows that his nomination…
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February 12, 2017 5:47 pm | By 28185Team Trump’s Litmus Test for Judges: Blind Deference to the President
Today, Stephen Miller, a senior policy adviser to President Trump, appeared on Sunday talk shows and made a series of statements that, together and separately, cast grave doubts on the Trump administration’s respect for the independent judiciary and their plans…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 10, 2017 11:20 pm | By 28188
Judicial Independence ≠ Crumpling Under Trump’s Pressure
Just in case anyone out there seriously thought Judge Neil Gorsuch would have the necessary independence to serve on the Supreme Court, events of the past two days surely have disabused them of that notion. Conservatives have excitedly pointed to…
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February 10, 2017 2:56 pm | By 28188Does Gorsuch Equate Judicial Independence with Conservative Rulings?
President Trump’s ongoing tirades blasting the federal courts for not obeying him has made people even more aware of the importance of an independent judiciary. It also gave Judge Neil Gorsuch a chance to demonstrate whether he would act as…
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February 9, 2017 3:09 pm | By 28186The Bogus Argument that Gorsuch Will Stand Up to Trump Abuse of Presidential Authority
As more and more Americans express concern about President Trump’s abuse of presidential authority and his derision of judges who do not rubber stamp his agenda, questions are also being raised about whether Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch can be…
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News and AnalysisFebruary 8, 2017 10:55 pm | By 28185
Gorsuch Standing Up To Trump Tweets? Puh-leeze!
Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch were atwitter today about reports that in a meeting with Senator Richard Blumenthal, Gorsuch had called President Donald Trump’s attacks on the federal judiciary “disheartening” and '”demoralizing.” Is Gorsuch distancing himself from Trump?…
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February 7, 2017 5:40 pm | By 28178
Why This Supreme Court Fight
A lot of people have been asking me about the campaign to keep Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch off of the Supreme Court noting their frustrations (and a little bit of despair) about some of the false narratives that have been…
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February 3, 2017 5:50 pm | By 41734Future of Public Education on the Line in Upcoming DeVos Vote
Earlier today, the nomination of Betsy DeVos to become secretary of education of the United States cleared its final procedural hurdle on the way to a final vote. But the vote expected Tuesday will be anything but routine. After a…
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February 3, 2017 3:09 pm | By 28186
National Review’s “Feeble” Attempt to Defend Gorsuch
I consider it a badge of honor to have been singled out by Ed Whelan of the National Review Online because of a short piece I drafted for PFAW concerning Judge Neil Gorsuch’s troubling record, particularly since it took him…
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February 2, 2017 5:50 pm | By 41753
Legal Scholar Compares ‘Scalia with a Smile’ Neil Gorsuch to Rejected Supreme Court Nominee Robert Bork
While the White House is aggressively promoting the voices of surrogates and friends of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, highly regarded legal scholars are weighing in on the threat posed by Gorsuch. Erwin Chemerinsky, a widely regarded scholar and dean…