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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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Restricted absentee voting
Organization for Black Struggle v. Ashcroft
Trump Eighth Circuit judge Grasz cast the deciding vote to block district court injunction and make it more likely that mail-in voters' ballots will not be counted, harming those voters.
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Limited absentee ballots
Andino v. Middleton
Trump Justice Neil Gorsuch tries to disqualify absentee ballots already cast in South Carolina, and Court grants stay of district court order concerning witness requirement as urged by Trump judges Rushing and Quattlebaum.
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Lawsuits harder for disabled people
Waskul v. Washtenaw County Community Mental Health
Trump Sixth Circuit judge tried in dissent to prevent disabled individuals living independently from suing because their reduced state funded financial support has resulted in their not being able to receive services and their deteriorated conditions have put them at risk for community segregation or institutionalization.
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Restricted voted rights
New Georgia Project v. Raffensperger
Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Britt Grant and Barbara Lagoa halt COVID-19-related district court order that required Georgia to count valid absentee ballots received within three days of November election.
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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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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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