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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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Voter ID law

Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Secretary of State

Trump Eleventh Circuit judge Elizabeth Branch writes opinion upholding Alabama voter ID law

 
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Disability discrimination

Fry v. Rand Constr. Corp.

Trump Fourth Circuit judge Julius Richardson writes opinion affirming termination of employee with MS shortly after taking FMLA leave, nullifying jury verdict in her favor.

 
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Would allow unfair trial

U.S. v. Obagi

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Patrick Bumatay would have upheld the conviction of an individual despite the government's failure to disclose evidence favorable to the defendant that it had in its possession.

 
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Native American rights

McGirt v. Oklahoma

Trump justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh split in important case on Native American tribal sovereignty.

 
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Tried to gut COVID protections

Calvary Chapel v. SIsolak

Trump Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch try again in dissent to exempt church from COVID-19 health-protection rules

 
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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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Restarted the border wall

Trump v. Sierra Club

As in 2019, Trump justices again cast deciding votes to allow construction of Trump border wall to continue

 
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Denied medical benefits

Lyn M. v. Premera Blue Cross

Trump Tenth Circuit judge Allison Eid tried in dissent to uphold denial of medical benefits under an ERISA plan.

 
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Anti-LGBTIQQ dissent

Bautista v. Barr

Trump judge Van Dyke's dissent criticizes an expert for testifying too often about increasingly perilous anti-LGBTQ+ persecution in Mexico.

 
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Coverup of arming foreign rebels

New York Times v. CIA

Trump Second Circuit judge Michael Park casts deciding vote to allow CIA coverup of program of arming Syrian rebels despite Trump admission that the program existed

 
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Upheld unfair trial

Stewart v. Winn

Trump Sixth Circuit judges Eric Murphy and Chad Readler deny new trial despite inflammatory testimony concerning threatened rampage against jury.

 
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Prevent trial over toxic gas

Scott v. Dyno Nobel Inc

Trump Eighth Circuit judge Jonathan Kobes tries in dissent to excuse corporation from any responsibility for injuries caused by its nitric acid manufacturing plant.

 
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Improper prison medical care

Estate of Richie Majors v. Gerlach

Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Bush tries in dissent to excuse medical personnel who failed to treat MS that killed prisoner.

 
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Resisting Trump subpoenas

Trump v. Vance

Trump Supreme Court justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch try to make it easier for Trump to resist state grand jury subpoena

 
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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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Exposed immigrant to risk of torture

Lasu v. Barr

Trump Eighth Circuit judge Ralph Erickson casts deciding vote to approve deportation of immigrant to country where Immigration Judge found he would likely be tortured.

 
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Ruled for harassing debt collector

Allan v. Pennsylvania Higher Ed. Assis. Agency

Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Nalbandian tries in dissent to prevent consumers from recovering damages for harassing debt collection phone calls.

 
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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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Would have denied benefits

Malkin v. Saul

Trump Ninth Circuit judge would deny an individual's Social Security disability benefits application and discount the evidence presented by the individual's testimony and opinion of her treating physician.

 
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Health care limit

Association for Community Affiliated Plans v. US Dept of Treas

Trump DC Circuit judge Greg Katsas casts deciding vote to uphold Trump rule undermining ACA.

 
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Police qualified immunity

Adame v. Gruver

Daniel Bress Grants Immunity For Use of Deadly Force Because Previous Cases Did Not Clearly Involve the Precise Factual Situation as Confronted the Officer.

 
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Workplace discrimination

Black v. Grant County Public Utility District

Bumatay would not have let a jury decide if an employer's explanation for firing someone was really a pretext.

 
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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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Trying to dismiss lawsuit against FBI

Fazaga v. FBI

Bumatay and other Trump judges would have dismissed a lawsuit against the FBI for illegally spying on Muslims in California.

 
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