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December 11, 2017 1:50 pm | By 41734Judicial Nominee Kacsmaryk Would Put Reproductive Freedom in Danger
On September 7, President Trump nominated Matthew Kacsmaryk to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled Kacsmaryk's hearing for December 13. Reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations, including…
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December 7, 2017 4:51 pm | By 41734First Things First: It’s Time for Congress to Address Urgent Human Needs Priorities
President Trump and the GOP Congress have put politics before people with their tax scam. In passing a deficit-busting giveaway to wealthy people and corporations, they've left behind everyday Americans who struggle to make ends meet. From children's health care,…
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December 7, 2017 11:31 am | By 41734Money in Politics Reform Community Opposes James Ho’s Nomination
People For the American Way stands with the money in politics reform community in opposing President Trump's nomination of James Ho to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. As organizations gravely concerned about the…
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December 5, 2017 11:21 am | By 28179Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject James Ho’s Nomination
On October 16, President Trump nominated James Ho to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Ho's hearing on November 15, and a committee vote is scheduled for December 7.…
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December 1, 2017 4:31 pm | By 41734PFAW Foundation Joins “Open to All” Coalition in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
People For the American Way Foundation will be watching closely as the Supreme Court takes up Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case where the Religious Right is attempting to turn religious liberty into a license for…
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November 30, 2017 12:18 pm | By 41734Letter: Advocates for Women and Families Unite in Opposition to Trump Tax Scam
With so much at stake in President Trump's tax scam, advocates for women and families are telling members of Congress to say NO to what Trump and the GOP have planned for giveaways to wealthy people and corporations and YES…
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November 29, 2017 3:58 pm | By 41734Letter: Data Collection Is Critical to Fighting Pay Discrimination
Equal pay for equal work is a concept long past due. Yet today's women on average are still paid only 80 cents to a man's dollar, and the gender pay gap is even worse for African American and Latinx women…
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November 28, 2017 5:27 pm | By 41734Letter: Religion Should Not be Used as a Sword to Discriminate
On October 6, the U.S. Department of Justice issued new federal guidelines on religious liberty that appear to allow government agencies to transform this treasured American value into a license to discriminate. People For the American Way was rightly concerned,…
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November 28, 2017 5:18 pm | By 28179Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Kyle Duncan’s Nomination
On October 2, President Trump nominated Kyle Duncan to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled Duncan's hearing for November 29. People For the American Way sent the following…
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November 28, 2017 1:59 pm | By 41734Letter: Judicial Nominees Talley and Farr Must Explain Their Deficient Responses
On July 13, President Trump nominated Thomas Farr to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Then on September 7, he nominated Brett Talley to a seat on the U.S. District Court for…
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November 22, 2017 11:19 am | By 2817940+ LGBTQ Organizations Oppose Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Lawyer for DC Circuit Court
On November 9, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Gregory Katsas for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote, demonstrating again Republicans’ eagerness to rubber stamp any nominee Trump sends their way. Katsas, as deputy…
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November 20, 2017 5:37 pm | By 55374People Rally at the Capitol to Stop Homophobic Judicial Nominee Jeff Mateer
Last week at the Capitol, people rallied to call for senators to oppose the nomination of Jeff Mateer to a seat on the federal bench. Mateer, who is nominated for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern…
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November 17, 2017 5:12 pm | By 51279Richard Serra Donates Series “Fake President” to PFAW Foundation
Richard Serra, legendary American artist renowned for his large metal sculptures and black and white works, has created an iconic series titled Fake President in honor of Norman Lear’s 95th birthday and to help PFAW Foundation. The donation reflects the longstanding…
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November 17, 2017 11:15 am | By 41734Letter: Trump Tax Scam Threatens Immigrant Children
President Trump and the GOP Congress are running a tax scam that's a real winner for wealthy people and corporations and a real loser for everyone else. They are making empty child care promises, attacking religious liberty by doing away…
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November 16, 2017 4:07 pm | By 41734Letter: ICE Proposes Ineffective and Discriminatory Digital Muslim Ban
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claims that its new vetting program will "evaluate an applicant's probability of becoming a positively contributing member of society" and "assess whether an applicant intends to commit…
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November 15, 2017 10:55 am | By 28179Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Don Willett’s Nomination
On October 3, President Trump nominated Don Willett to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Willett's hearing on November 15. People For the American Way sent the following letter…
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November 14, 2017 5:09 pm | By 28184Hate Doesn’t Belong in Texas Courts—Or Anywhere Else
The following remarks were delivered by Reverend Leslie Watson Malachi, director of PFAW’s African American Religious Affairs program, at a rally outside the Capitol on Tuesday opposing the nomination of Jeff Mateer to the federal bench. Let me start by…
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November 13, 2017 1:46 pm | By 28191PFAW’s Latinos Vote! Campaign: Winning in Virginia
Last week in Virginia, voters dealt a huge blow to the Trump agenda by defeating Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie in his campaign to exploit xenophobia and anti-Latino bigotry to become the state’s next governor. Unsurprisingly, Latino voters helped lead…
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November 9, 2017 2:35 pm | By 28179Letter: The Judiciary Committee Should Reject Brett Talley’s Nomination
On September 7, President Trump nominated Brett Talley to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee held Talley's hearing on October 17 and voted Talley out of committee on November…
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November 8, 2017 1:33 pm | By 28178Landslide! The Blue Wave You Built
It would be hard to overstate this win. All across the country, progressives scored major victories in elections Tuesday night. Control of the Washington State Senate flipped to the Democrats — and, with it, control of the entire state government.…