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Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears

Trump's judges are taking a sledgehammer to our rights and freedoms. Use this tool to see the total impact.

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Stopping Musk deposition

In re Elon Musk

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Preventing findings on abusive immigration actions

Chicago Headline Club v Noem

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Reversing gun possession conviction
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We can't let this be the new normal.

Confirmed Judges Confirmed Fears tracks the damaging impacts of Trump-appointed judges around the country, and chronicles the decisions that hurt all of us.

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Force arbitration

Cooper v. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc

Trump judge Sullivan tried to force individual arbitration of claim that mismanagement of benefit fund caused losses of hundreds of millions of dollars to all employees of corporation

 
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Dismissed housing discrimination case

Francis v. Kings Park Manor Inc

Five Trump Second Circuit judges cast the deciding votes to require dismissal of fair housing complaint concerning racial harassment of black tenant and harm fair housing law.

 
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Equal pay case

Freyd v. University of Oregon

Trump judge Van Dyke tries to dismiss female professor's federal Equal Pay Act and hob discrimination claims against university for paying her less than her male colleagues.

 
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Dismissed claim on terrorism watchlist

Elhady v. Kable

Trump judges Quattlebaum and Richardson cast key votes to reverse district court and dismiss Muslim citizens' claim of harmful inclusion on terrorist watchlist without any meaningful opportunity to contest it.

 
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Rejected sex harassment claim

Howard v. Cook County Sherriff's Office

Trump judge St. Eve writes opinion reversing district court ruling that allowed female employees to bring class action challenging policies that led to hostile work environment for almost a thousand women working at large jail complex.

 
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Would rule against gun violence measure

Young v. State of Hawaii

Trump judge Nelson tries in dissent to invalidate state gun safety law limiting the open public carrying of firearms.

 
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Dissent would harm immigrants

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Biden

Trump judges Bennett, Bumatay, Lee, Nelson, and Van Dyke argued in dissent that the court should reinstate a restrictive Trump rule severely limiting asylum for immigrants.

 
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Eviction moratorium during COVID

Tiger Lily LLC v. US Dept of HUD

Trump judges Thapar and Bush refuse to stay harmful order by Trump district judge in Tennessee against important CDC eviction moratorium

 
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Qualified immunity

LG v. Columbia Public Schools

Trump judge Stras supported reversing district court and dismissing, based on qualified immunity, complaint by female high school student that she was improperly seized by police-school official for police interrogation.

 
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Nativity scene is constitutional

Woodring v. Jackson County

Trump Seventh Circuit judge St. Eve writes opinion that reverses district court and authorizes nativity scene display at state courthouse even though, as district judge found, it sends a clear message of government endorsement of religion.

 
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Discrimination based on felony convictions

Mandala v. NTT Data Inc

Trump judges Sullivan, Bianco, Park, Nardini, and Mensahi cast deciding votes to refuse to reconsider a panel decision by Sullivan and Nardini that harmed African Americans and employment discrimination law by dismissing a case alleging discrimination against a company without even any discovery.

 
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Workplace discrimination

National Elec Annuity Plan v. Henkels & McCoy Inc

Trump judge Thapar tried in dissent to uphold the dismissal without trial of a complaint that a corporation improperly failed to make required contributions to a pension and annuity fund for union workers.

 
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Would rule against gun violence measure

Harley v. Wilkinson

Trump judge Richardson tried in dissent to create an exception to the federal law prohibiting firearms possession by those convicted of domestic violence who have shown "good behavior"� since their conviction.

 
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Misleading food labels

Kang v. PF Changs China Bistro Inc

Trump judge Bennett tried in dissent to uphold the dismissal of a claim against a corporation that it had violated state law by false advertising and deception of consumers.

 
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Would have denied benefits

Kirk v. Commissioner Social Security Administration

Trump judge Quattlebaum tried in dissent to uphold agency action to cut off disability payments without giving claimants an opportunity to rebut negative evidence

 
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Blocked vital testimony

Lucio v. Lumpkin

Trump judges Oldham, Ho, Willett, Duncan, and Engelhardt cast deciding votes to approve exclusion of important expert evidence in a case resulting in sentencing a woman to death.

 
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Religious freedom violation

Dunn v. Smith

Trump Supreme Court justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett split in case concerning whether prisoner has the right to have pastor present when he is executed.

 
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Upheld abortion gag rule

Bristol Regional Women's Center v. Slatery

Trump judge Thapar tried in dissent to grant a stay against a district court ruling that struck down and enjoined a restrictive Tennessee abortion law.

 
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Nondisclosure of immigration decisions

New York Legal Assistance Group v. Board of Immigration Appeals

Trump judge Park tries in dissent to affirm ruling that Board of Immigration Appeals cannot be ordered to publicly disclose numerous unpublished decisions in immigration cases.

 
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Allowed unfair trial

Kipp v. Davis

Nine of the ten Trump judges on the Ninth Circuit (Bennett, Nelson, Bade, Lee, Collins, Bress, Hunsaker, Bumatay, and Van Dyke) try in dissent to weaken and limit federal post-conviction review in death penalty cases.

 
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Retirement violations

Salinas v. United States Railroad Retirement Board

Trump Supreme Court justices Gorsuch and Barrett try in dissent to prevent any judicial review of refusals to reopen denials of railroad worker disability determinations by federal agency.

 
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Unsafe IUDs

Ideus v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc

Trump Eighth Circuit judge Stras writes decision affirming district court and excusing corporation for failing to warn consumers directly of possible risks of using IUD it manufactured and sold

 
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Forced arbitration

Tice v. Amazon.com Inc

Trump judge Bumatay casts deciding vote to reverse district court, dismiss class action suit against corporation for harmful misconduct, and force consumers to try to use ineffective remedy of individual arbitration

 
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Weakened COVID safety measures

South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

Trump Supreme Court justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett cast deciding votes to require California to grant a dangerous special exemption from COVID-19 limits to religious worship services.

 
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Rented dangerous products

Horne v. Electric Eel Mfrng Co Inc

Trump judge Scudder tried in dissent to uphold summary judgment against a consumer who was injured by a product that was rented to him by a corporation even though it was allegedly not in good working condition.

 
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