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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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Stopping Musk deposition

In re Elon Musk

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Preventing findings on abusive immigration actions

Chicago Headline Club v Noem

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Reversing gun possession conviction
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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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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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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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Attempted restrictions of abortion

EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Friedlander

Trump Sixth Circuit judge John Bush dissents and tries to uphold Kentucky law that banned most second trimester abortions.

 
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Dissent would harm immigrant

Ramirez v. Barr

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Amul Thapar tries to approve immediate deportation of man threatened with persecution in his home country.

 
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Upheld improper police conduct

U.S. v. Reyes

Trump Fifth Circuit judge James Ho casts deciding vote to uphold extended detention and search after traffic stop and use of unemployment status to justify police suspicion.

 
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Overtime pay

In re Schlumberger Technology Corp.

Trump Fifth Circuit judge Kyle Duncan cast deciding vote to block discovery of important information concerning case on whether employees are eligible to receive overtime pay.

 
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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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Trying to grant police qualified immunity

Small v. Brock

Trump Sixth Circuit judge Amul Thapar tries to prevent individual from pursuing claim that guard repeatedly threatened his life with a knife.

 
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Unfair labor practices

Circus Circus Casinos Inc. v. NLRB

Trump D.C. Circuit judge Neomi Rao overturns NLRB ruling against the National Labor Relations Board and seeks to limit representation requirements for unionized employees.

 
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Unconstitutional evidence

US v. Yarbrough

Trump Eleventh Circuit judge cast the deciding vote to reverse the district court ruling that suppressed evidence obtained after officers re-entered a home to conduct a protective sweep without a search warrant.

 
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Harmed immigrant

Alexis v. Barr

Trump Fifth Circuit judge Don Willett casts deciding vote to uphold deportation of permanent legal resident who has been in the US for almost 30 years.

 
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Harmed immigrants' rights

Narvaez-Garzon v. Barr

Ninth Circuit Judge Hunsaker upheld immigration officials who denied an asylee's request for more time to find someone to translate her supporting documents into English.

 
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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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Restarted the border wall

Sierra Club 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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limiting rights of pension participants

Thole v. U.S. Bank

Justice Kavanaugh and Gorsuch limit the rights of pension participants to sue plan fiduciaries for misconduct and mismanagement of plan funds.

 
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Upheld abortion restriction

June Medical Services v. Russo

Gorsuch and Kavanaugh would uphold abortion restrictions identical to the ones the Supreme Court struck down just four years ago

 
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