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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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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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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. 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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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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