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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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Rejecting immigrant's attempt to cancel deportation

Rios-Rocha v Bondi

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Throwing out remedy against Starbucks for unfair practices

NLRB v Starbucks

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Granting qualified immunity

Harris v Kim

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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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Dismissing worker whistleblower claim

Barcomb v. General Motors LLC

Trump Eighth Circuit judges Kobes and Erickson affirm dismissal of worker claim that he was fired for reporting motor vehicle safety problems and defects

 
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Police liability for misconduct

Bell v. Neukirch

Judge David Stras would have protected police officers who arrested someone whose only similarity to the suspect was that he was a Black male teenager in a white shirt.

 
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Criticism of abortion

Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton

Judge Don Willett unilaterally declared that the binding Supreme Court precedent he disagreed with has been overruled.

 
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Let state take money from accident victim

Gallardo v. Dudek

Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Branch allows state to seize payments in judgments with third parties that are intended for future medical needs of Medicaid recipients, contradicting state supreme court ruling.

 
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Would allow certain healthcare discrimination

DaVita Inc. v. Marietta Mem. Hosp. Emp. Ben. Plan

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Murphy tried in dissent to dismiss a claim of discrimination by a health plan against patients suffering from a disease requiring dialysis.

 
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Tried to limit absentee ballots

Moore v. Circosta

Trump justice Gorsuch tries to block counting of absentee ballots received more than three days after Election Day in North Carolina and threatens post-election disqualification of absentee ballots in Pennsylvania

 
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Attempted restrictions of abortion

EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Friedlander

Trump Sixth Circuit judges Larsen and Readler uphold restrictive abortion requirements that district court found would leave Kentucky without a single licensed abortion clinic and announce improper standard for reviewing abortion restrictions.

 
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Upheld restrictive voter law

A. Philip Randolph Inst. Of Ohio v. LaRose

Judge Thapar upholds the secretary of state's order blocking Cuyahoga County from serving its large and diverse population by installing multiple absentee ballot drop boxes.

 
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Restricted absentee voting

Democratic National Comm. v. Bostelmann

Trump Seventh circuit judge St. Eve casts deciding vote to block order on absentee voting in Wisconsin, threatening voting rights for thousands in the state.

 
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Employer discrimination

Napoleon 1050 Inc v. NLRB

Trump DC Circuit Judge Neomi Rao tries to allow firing and layoff of employees of more than twenty years in retaliation for unionization at a company.

 
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Restricted absentee voting

Carson v. Simon

Trump Eighth Circuit judge Grasz cast the deciding vote to disrupt counting of absentee ballots, confusing hundreds of thousands of voters and threatening their right to vote.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Bribiesca v. Barr

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Bush cast the deciding vote to remove a lawful permanent resident who has lived more than 15 years in the United States.

 
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Upheld restrictive voter law

Memphis A. Philip Randolph Inst. v. Hargett

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Readler casts deciding vote to make it harder to successfully vote absentee in Tennessee.

 
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Restarted the border wall

Sierra Club v. Trump

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Collins tried in dissent to allow the construction of Trump's border wall with Mexico to continue.

 
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Rejected voted rights challenge

Curling v. Secretary of State

Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Barbara Lagoa and Andrew Brasher, without explanation, block order that required paper backups of Georgia online voter records to avoid long lines and other serious problems on Election Day

 
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Would have weakened ADA in employment

Exby-Stolley v. Board of County Comm'rs

Trump Tenth Circuit judges Eid and Carson joined a dissent that tried to make it harder for disabled people to prove that an employer failed to accommodate a disability by mandating proof that the employer also took adverse action against the individual.

 
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Upheld voter ID law

Merrill v. People First of Ala

Trump justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cast deciding votes to ban curbside voting for disabled and elderly voters in Alabama.

 
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Tried to give qualified immunity

Dean v. McKinney

Trump judge Julius Richardson tries in dissent to reverse district court and grant qualified immunity to a police officer who severely injured another driver in a head-on collision when he was driving recklessly

 
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Trying to force unions to repay fees

Diamond v. Pennsylvania State Educ Assn

Trump Third Circuit judge Phipps tries in dissent to authorize lawsuits to force unions to refund legal fair-share fees from non-union members

 
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Permitting solitary confinement

Porter v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Trump Third Circuit judge would allow a death row prisoner to remain in solitary confinement after being held there for more than 33 years in violation of his right to due process.

 
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Dissent would block claim against ICE

Gonzales v. United States ICE

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Bade tried in dissent to prevent judicial review of claims of systemic misconduct by Ice with respect to immigration detainers

 
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Employment discrimination

Mandala v. NTT Data Inc

Trump Second Circuit judges Sullivan and Nardini stopped individuals representing a class of African Americans from trying to prove that a blanket company policy disqualifying people from employment because of prior criminal convictions has an illegal discriminatory impact on African Americans.

 
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Reduced damages to police violence victim

Kidis v. Reid

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Readler cut a damages award by a jury against a police officer who used excessive force by $150,000.

 
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Expelled immigrants

Ramos v. Wolf

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Ryan Nelson casts the deciding vote to help Trump Administration carry out its plan to expel more than 300,000 immigrants by ending their temporary protected status.

 
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Halted bail hearing recordings

Reed v. Bernard

Trump Third Circuit judge Phipps casts deciding vote to reverse district court and rule that public has no meaningful right of access to bail hearings, with potentially damaging consequences to First Amendment right of access to other government proceedings.

 
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