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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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Allowed risk of oil spills
National Wildlife Federation v. Secretary of the US Department of Transportation
Trump Sixth Circuit judges Amul Thapar and Joan Larsen reverse district court ruling that federal agency should consider broad environmental impact before approving pipeline oil spill plan, risking environmental harm.
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Dissent would harm immigrants
Cook County v. Wolf
Judge Amy Coney Barrett would have upheld the Trump administration's "public charge" rule, which penalizes immigrants for exercising their legal right to use public benefits Congress has made available to them.
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Harmed immigrants' rights
California v. Trump
Trump Ninth Circuit judge Daniel Collins would have allowed Trump to violate the Constitution by diverting appropriated funds to construct a border wall along the southern border of the United States.
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Granted police qualified immunity
Hooks v. Brewer
Trump Eleventh Circuit judge cast the deciding vote to reverse the district court ruling that denied qualified immunity for officers who falsified information to obtain a search warrant and detained the plaintiff in violation of her Fourth Amendment Rights.
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