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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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Dissent would allow extensive logging

EPIC v. Carlson

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Kenneth Lee tries in dissent to permit US Forest Service to proceed with commercial logging of trees in National Forest without assessing its environmental impact.

 
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Would have denied benefits

Noerper v. Saul

Trump Eighth Circuit judge David Stras tries in dissent to affirm denial of Social Security disability insurance benefits.

 
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Dismissed employment discrimination claims

Jeffries v. Barr

Trump DC Circuit judge Neomi Rao casts deciding vote to affirm dismissal of race discrimination and retaliation claims by Justice Department employee.

 
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Would have denied benefits

Austin v. Saul

Van Dyke's dissent would have upheld an administrative law judge's denial of Social Security disability benefits.

 
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Would uphold denial of benefits

Greppi v. Saul

Trump Ninth Circuit judge would ignore the supporting evidence presented by the individual's treating physician and deny an individual's disability benefits application.

 
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Upheld immigration limits

New York v. US Department of Justice

Trump Second Circuit judges Richard Sullivan, Joseph Bianco, William Nardini, and Steven Menashi cast deciding votes to refuse rehearing of decision that forces states to cooperate in federal immigration enforcement or lose important grant funding.

 
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Cruelty in executions

Barr v. Lee

Trump justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch cast deciding votes to immediately proceed with federal executions despite serious legal claims.

 
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Rejecting disability discrimination

Kotaska v. Federal Express Corp.

Trump Seventh Circuit judge Amy St. Eve writes opinion dismissing case charging her former employer with improperly firing her in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 
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Granting qualified immunity

Sevy v. Barach

Trump judge Chad Readler casts deciding vote to reverse district court and grant qualified immunity on First Amendment retaliation claim

 
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Tried to uphold unjustified police stop

US v. Curry

Trump judges Julius Richardson, Marvin Quattlebaum and Allison Rushing try in dissent to reverse district court and allow police to stop people in high crime area without reasonable suspicion.

 
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Cruelty in executions

Barr v. Purkey

Trump justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch cast deciding votes to immediately proceed with federal executions despite serious legal claims.

 
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Qualified immunity

Siders v. City of Eastpointe

Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Nalbandian casts deciding vote to reverse district court and immunize police officer against charges of excessive use of force against African American woman.

 
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Limited prisoner's rights

Betty v. McKee

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Eric Murphy casts deciding vote to dismiss prisoner's claims of First and Eighth Amendment violations.

 
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Limited voting rights of felons

Raysor v. DeSantis

Trump justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch cast deciding votes to continue in effect Florida voting restrictions on formerly incarcerated people.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Cuellar Garcia v. Barr

Trump Sixth Circuit judges Thapar and Larsen uphold deportation of immigrant who was determined to be a Special Immigrant Juvenile but deprived of protections of that status because of abrupt change by Trump Administration.

 
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Corruption

In re Flynn

Trump D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao allows the executive branch to engage in unprecedented corruption.

 
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Limited prisoner rights

Cameron v. Bouchard

Sixth Circuit Trump judges Bush and Larsen reverse prior ruling a few weeks earlier and stop a court order to protect incarcerated people from COVID-19.

 
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Upheld unconstitutional conviction

Baldwin v. Fannon

Trump Ninth Circuit judge Nelson cast the deciding vote to affirm the district court's rejection of a prisoner's claim regarding prison officers' unjustified excessive use of force against him.

 
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Permitted misguided discrimination suit

Doe v. Oberlin College

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Readler casts the deciding vote to authorize male student expelled for sexual assault to sue university for sex bias, threatening to harm efforts to combat the serious problem of sexual assault on college campuses.

 
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Upheld unjustified police stop

U.S. v. Mitchell

Trump Fourth Circuit judges Allison Rushing and Marvin Quattlebaum allow warrantless stop and frisk of African American man who was simply in the vicinity of a reported crime and was described by a bystander.

 
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Confinement conditions

Swain v. Junior

Trump Eleventh Circuit judges Elizabeth Branch and Kevin Newsom stopped and then reversed a preliminary injunction to combat deliberate indifference to overwhelming pandemic risk in Florida detention center.

 
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Official responsibility for health issues

Ahlman v. Barnes

Judge Ryan Nelson criticized the majority for imposing obligations beyond CDC guidelines.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Make the Road New York v. Wolf

Trump DC Circuit judge Neomi Rao claims in dissent that large Trump expansion of expedited removal of immigrants cannot be challenged at all in court.

 
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Sided with harasser

Yucis v. Sears Outlet Stores LLC

Trump Third Circuit judge Peter Phipps casts deciding vote to dismiss a sexual harassment case brought by a woman against Sears.

 
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Gutted consumer protections

Seila Law LLC v. CFPB

Trump justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch cast deciding votes to eliminate independence of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

 
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