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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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Suit against Trump
CREW v. Trump
Trump Second Circuit judges Steven Menashi and Richard Sullivan tried in dissent to rehear and dismiss a lawsuit against President Trump for violating the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause that a 3-judge panel had previously ruled could go forward.
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Police get qualified immunity
Kohorst v. Smith
Trump Eighth Circuit judges Ralph Erickson and David Stras affirm grant of qualified immunity to and dismissal of claims against officers accused of using excessive force, including tasing an individual three times.
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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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