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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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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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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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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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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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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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