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People For in ActionFebruary 7, 2020 9:53 am | By 73556
Activists Rally Across the Country to Reject the Cover-Up in the Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump
On February 5, People For the American Way members and other activists rallied in Washington, D.C. and in 300 communities across the country to denounce the failure of the Senate to remove Donald Trump from office. From the very beginning…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 12:59 pm | By 73556
Activists Rally in Phoenix to Call on Sen. McSally to Demand a Fair Impeachment Trial
On January 29, People For the American Way members, local activists, and Arizona state legislators attended a rally outside of the Arizona Capitol to demand that Republican Senator Martha McSally support calling witnesses and including documents in Trump’s Senate impeachment…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 12:39 pm | By 73273
Activists March to the Capitol to Demand Witnesses in Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial
On January 29, People For the American Way staffers joined hundreds of activists at the Hart Senate Office Building for a silent protest and march to the Capitol to demand that senators vote to include witnesses and documents as evidence…
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People For in ActionJanuary 30, 2020 9:40 am | By 73556
Activists Rally in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids to Call on Sen. Ernst to Demand a Fair Impeachment Trial
On January 28, People For the American Way members and other activists rallied outside of Republican Senator Joni Ernst’s district offices in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids to demand that the senator vote to include key witnesses, including John Bolton,…
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People For in ActionJanuary 27, 2020 2:32 pm | By 73273
Presidential Candidates Call for Constitutional Amendment to Address Campaign Finance Reform at Iowa Forum
Held two days before the 10-year mark of Citizens United, the PFAW “We the People 2020” presidential forum on January 19 in Des Moines, Iowa emphasized the wide-ranging impact that the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United has had on our democracy. A constitutional amendment…
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People For in ActionJanuary 22, 2020 3:15 pm | By 62609
Presidential Candidates Discuss Fair Courts at Democracy Reform Forum
After three years of Trump’s ongoing assault on our federal judiciary, the courts have become an especially salient issue in the 2020 presidential election. Yet in previous presidential debates and other events, candidates have seldom been asked to outline their…
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People For in ActionJanuary 17, 2020 2:36 pm | By 73273
A Decade After Citizens United, PFAW Joins Sen. Udall, Sen. Shaheen, Rep. Sarbanes, and Pro-Democracy Allies to Discuss Its Impact
On January 15, People For the American Way joined Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.) and good government groups Public Citizen, End Citizens United Action Fund, Democracy 21, the Brennan Center for Justice, US…
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People For in ActionJanuary 14, 2020 11:28 am | By 28179
Judicial Nominee Andrew Brasher’s Work in Alabama Reflects His Own Extreme Vision of the Law—Still True
On May 1, 2019, Andrew Brasher was confirmed to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Just six and a half months later, on November 21, President Trump gave him a promotion—a nomination…
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People For in ActionDecember 23, 2019 3:22 pm | By 62609
The Victories We Scored in 2019
It’s been a grueling, action-packed year. Along with a dedicated team of coalition partners and progressive activists, we’ve experienced some upsetting losses in 2019 - but we’ve also scored some major wins. Thanks to what we accomplished this year, the…
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People For in ActionDecember 22, 2019 2:05 pm | By 62609
Klobuchar, Buttigieg Discuss Their Criteria for Judicial Nominees During December Debate
During the sixth Democratic presidential debate on December 19, Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg shared their criteria for nominating federal judges and Supreme Court justices. Debate moderator Judy Woodruff noted that most of the…
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People For in ActionDecember 19, 2019 10:08 am | By 62609
Interactive Digital Tool Highlights Trump Judges’ Impact
In the nearly three years since Donald Trump took office, he has nominated (and Senate Republicans have confirmed) two Supreme Court justices, 50 appellate court judges, and 120 district court judges to lifetime positions. Once on the bench, these judges…
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People For in ActionDecember 19, 2019 9:58 am | By 73273
PFAW Joins Allies and Activists to Call for Trump’s Impeachment and Removal
On December 18, a crowd of activists and progressive organizations gathered outside the Capitol to show Congress that Americans are demanding that Donald Trump be impeached and removed from office for his abuse of power. Bearing signs that read “Impeach…
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People For in ActionDecember 16, 2019 10:06 am | By 73273
Diallo Brooks Speaks on Panels on Gun Violence Prevention and Protecting Our Courts
In early December, PFAW Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks spoke on two conference panels to discuss possible solutions to pressing issues that have plagued our country for years: legislative action on gun violence and the impact…
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People For in ActionDecember 6, 2019 9:15 am | By 73273
Business Must Act Campaign Encourages Companies to Protect their Staff and Shoppers from Gun Violence
Over the last several decades, Americans across the nation have become increasingly affected by the toll of gun violence in our schools, places of worship, and in retail stores, restaurants and other public spaces. In August 2019, 22 people were…
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People For in ActionNovember 25, 2019 12:40 pm | By 62609
New Right Wing Watch Report Details Republicans’ Dangerous Voter Suppression Tactics in the Trump Era
A new PFAW Right Wing Watch report on voter suppression, released today, reveals the grand sweep of the right-wing national project to suppress the hard-won right to vote of Americans across the country—a project that accelerated as backlash to the outcome…
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People For in ActionNovember 21, 2019 10:44 am | By 28179
California Senators Say NO to Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominee Patrick Bumatay
On October 15, after two previous nominations to other seats, President Trump nominated Patrick Bumatay to be a United States judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee held VanDyke’s hearing on October 30, and his…
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People For in ActionNovember 14, 2019 9:31 am | By 28179
Judicial Nominee Lawrence VanDyke Is an Unqualified, Ideological Extremist
On October 15, President Trump nominated Lawrence VanDyke to be a United States judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee held VanDyke’s hearing on October 30, and his committee vote is expected to take place…
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People For in ActionNovember 8, 2019 6:02 pm | By
Trump Republicans’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election Day
What a victory! We’re thrilled to celebrate the big progressive wins in Virginia with progressives and activists, where PFAW pulled out all the stops to FLIP both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly. Now Democrats control the state’s legislature for the…
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People For in ActionNovember 4, 2019 10:49 am | By 72284
#VoteTheCourts2020: Julián Castro Would Appoint Judges Who Protect LGBTQ+ Workers
Democratic presidential candidates convened on October 26 at the 2019 People’s Presidential Forum in Las Vegas to field Nevada residents’ questions regarding priorities for the next president. During presidential candidate Julián Castro’s time on the stage, a transgender activist and…
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People For in ActionOctober 31, 2019 9:55 am | By 72284
PFAW Joins Allies and Sexual Assault Survivors to #ReclaimTheCourt
Sunday, October 6, was the one-year anniversary of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court when hundreds of protesters gathered in D.C. to hold each senator to account for their disastrous vote. Multiple women, including Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and…