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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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Banks denied interest payments
McShannock v. JP Morgan Chase Bank
Trump Ninth Circuit judge Nelson writes decision overturning district court and holding that big banks can pay zero interest to homeowners on escrow accounts related to loans purchased from federal savings associations before 2013.
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Police liability for seized property
Freed v. Thomas
Trump Sixth Circuit judge Larsen argues in dissent that federal lawsuit cannot be filed against a county that kept all the proceeds from the sale of foreclosed property, without paying excess proceeds to the owner
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Would rule against gun violence measure
Mai v. United States
Trump Ninth Circuit judges Bumatay, Van Dyke, Collins, Bennett, Bade, Bress, and Hunsaker try in dissent to overturn longstanding federal restrictions on gun possession by people who have been involuntarily committed for mental illness.
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Qualified immunity
In re Gibbons
Trump Third Circuit judges Bibas, Porter, Phipps, and Matey cast deciding votes to prevent the full court from rehearing a case in which Porter and Phipps reversed a district court and granted qualified immunity to a state trooper who shot and killed a black man.
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Bus abandoned child
A.K. v. Durham School Services
Trump Sixth Circuit judges Joan Larsen and Eric Readler uphold decision that excused school bus company from any liability for severe injuries suffered by 13-year-old boy when bus improperly left his stop early and did not pick him up.
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Underpayment of pension contributions
Delta Sandblasting Co v. NLRB
Trump Ninth Circuit judge Patrick Bumatay tried to excuse a company's actions in significantly cutting pension contributions for its workers in dissenting from a decision upholding an NLRB finding of unfair labor practices.
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