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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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Would weaken the ADA for employees
Rosales v. Bellagio
Trump Ninth Circuit judge would have allowed an employer to violate the ADA by not making a good faith effort to engage in the process of determining whether there was a possible accommodation for an employee.
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Hide evidence of torture
Husayn v. Mitchell
Trump Ninth Circuit judge dissented from a refusal to rehear en banc a ruling that would allow a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to subpoena documents that would help him in proceedings concerning alleged torture by the CIA.
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Employment discrimination
Gogel v. KIa Motors
Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Elizabeth Branch and Britt Grant cast key votes to uphold summary judgment against a woman's claim that she was improperly fired in retaliation for raising discrimination claims and to more broadly harm Title VII rights.
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Censured critical speech
Wilson v. Houston Comm College Sys
Trump Fifth Circuit judges James Ho, Don Willett, Kyle Duncan, and Andy Oldham tried in dissent to get the full court to reconsider a decision allowing a member of a public board to pursue a claim that he was improperly censured in violation of his First Amendment rights.
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Limited detention officers' liability
Contreras v. Dona Ana County Bd of Comm
Trump Tenth Circuit judge Joel Carson casts deciding vote to dismiss claim of deliberate indifference to threat of violence at juvenile detention center, including granting qualified immunity to law enforcement officers.
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